Trump news at a glance: Musk mocks ‘Epstein hoax’ claims after president blasts its ‘stupid’ believers

Musk says Trump should release files and point out which part is the hoax' as the president struggles to contain crisis within Maga base. Key US politics stories from Wednesday 16 July at a glance

Elon Musk has mocked Donald Trump's claim that files related to the federal investigation into Jeffrey Epstein are a hoax".

Wow, amazing that Epstein killed himself' and Ghislaine is in federal prison for a hoax," Musk wrote on his social media platform X in response to the US president's attempt to deflect questions about Epstein and his accomplice Ghislaine Maxwell, by casting doubt on the authenticity of the documents his justice department has refused to release.