... knows that he has always fancied himself to be on a par whether deservedly or not with Mafia dons. He could never have done business in New York real estate without knowing some thoroughly unsavory people, many of whom likely know a guy who can take care of your problem. Nudge, nudge, wink, wink.
The smart money bets that Epstein failed to take this seriously, and look where it got him. Musk may very well have been made an offer he couldn't refuse: Take it... or else. Hence his uncharacteristic capitulation.
If you know nothing else, know this: there is NO bottom to Trump's cesspool of malice and depravity; that's already been proven beyond any shadow of a doubt. For Christ's sake, he brags about it! And disclosing someone's darkest secrets, threatening their business, or family, or even having some poor schmuck share Epstein's fate, is just another day at the office for him.
Doubt it at your peril. How do you think he's gotten away with so much for so long?
And never dismiss the savagery of a certain friend whose instructions are always written in the Cyrillic alphabet... before they self-destruct.