Alex Jones Ignites MAGA Fury by Pressing Trump on Musk's Bombshell Epstein Claim
Infowars host Alex Jones set off a furious MAGA backlash by calling for President Trump to address Elon Musk's explosive allegation that Trump's name appears in the 'Epstein files.'
With the Trump administration creaking amid the fallout between Musk and the president, conspiracy theorist Jones—who insisted he does not believe Trump was connected to Jeffrey Epstein's sex trafficking crimes—still pressed Trump to respond to the sensational claim from his former 'First Buddy.'
'Time to drop the really big bomb: @realDonaldTrump is in the Epstein files. That is the real reason they have not been made public,' Musk tweeted Have a nice day, DJT!' Musk tweeted Thursday. 'Mark this post for the future. The truth will come out.'
In a reply to Musk's post, Jones wrote: 'Trump needs to respond asap. I notice he did not take questions at his public meeting today.'
The conspiracy theorist's post quickly drew the ire of pro-Trump influencers, including @catturd2, who went on the attack in front of their 3.7 million followers.
'He's been silent all day while Trump has been viciously attacked with lies. I used to respect Alex Jones, but now he's just a piece of s--t fraud. What a f---ing sellout,' the right-winger wrote.
'You are just virtue signaling,' Jones replied. 'I have said in at least five videos today that I don't believe Trump is connected to Epstein crimes. The sooner he comes out and responds to the allegation the better. I had Roger Stone on within two hours of the allegations breaking debunking it. Grow up.'
That was one of a series of tweets he fired off while coming under pressure from other MAGA-supporting accounts, including one in which he protested: 'I am not on team Trump or team Elon. I am on team humanity, which equals team truth.' He added bluntly: 'I am not in your cult.'
Several other MAGA accounts joined in with @catturd2's salvo towards Jones.
One accused Jones of speaking out for 'engagement money.'
'Everyone acts like X is the place for news, but all that really happens is things get inflamed like a wildfire by people trying to make the headlines juicy for engagement,' they wrote. 'Alex needs money.'
Another sent Jones a clown emoji along with the indignant question: 'So MAGA is a cult now?' One user—who wrongly insists in their bio that Trump won the 2020 presidential election—confessed they 'never really liked' Jones, but they were nevertheless 'shocked he was so ready to ditch President Trump.'
'Trump literally took a bullet for this country, where is the loyalty or at a min the benefit of the doubt?!' they added. 'Infuriating!'
Others came to Jones' defense. One self-described patriot said that Jones was merely saying that 'Trump needs to address the issue from a political standpoint.'
'Why are you going nuclear?' they wrote to Catturd, adding: 'Losing respect.' Jones responded to the post with: 'Cat poop doesn't want the truth. He just wants to grandstand as holier than anyone else.'
Jeffrey Epstein was accused of sex trafficking minors in 2019 but pleaded not guilty. The disgraced financier died by suicide in a prison cell a month after his arrest.
Epstein and the president were friends in the 1990s and early 2000s, but fell out in 2004, according to The Washington Post.
When asked about Epstein's arrest in 2019, Trump told a reporter: 'Well I knew him like everybody in Palm Beach knew him. I mean, people in Palm Beach knew him. I don't think I've spoken to him for 15 years. I wasn't a fan. I was not a fan of his.'
The president has not been accused of any wrongdoing in connection with Epstein. He has never been implicated in Epstein's alleged abuse.
The White House did not respond to the Daily Beast's request for comment on Musk's accusations.
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