Elon Musk gracing the cover of Time Magazine might spell catastrophe for the DOGE-running tech billionaire.
Time's newest issue shows Musk sitting behind the Resolute Desk - where President Donald Trump must be positioned - in the Oval Office.
' No,' Trump first responded in the Oval Office Friday alongside Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba when asked if he had a reaction to Musk's cover.
After a long time out, he then sarcastically responded: 'Is Time Magazine still in organization? I didn't even understand that.'
He included: 'Elon is doing a great task. He's finding significant fraud and corruption and waste,' the president included, indicating the work the billionaire has done collapsing USAID. 'He's got a staff that's fantastic. He's wanted to do this for wiki.philo.at a long time.'
Trump had actually touted being called Time's Person of the Year himself in 2015.
In February of 2017, Time Magazine put White House Chief Strategist Steve Bannon on the cover and asked the concern: accc.rcec.sinica.edu.tw 'Is Steve Bannon the 2nd most powerful guy on the planet?'
At the time, Bannon was labeled 'The Great Manipulator.'
In April 2017, The New york city Times reported that Trump was frustrated by that cover, telling individuals 'that doesn't just occur,' a term the president used when speaking about assistants eclipsing him.
Bannon was out in August of that year.
Time Magazine's latest cover shows Elon Musk sitting in President Donald Trump's location behind the Resolute Desk in the Oval Office
President Donald Trump is caught seated behind the Resolute Desk in the Oval Office - in a comparable position where Elon Musk is portrayed on the new Time magazine cover
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Now, 8 years later on, Musk's cover is much more provocative.
A press reporter questioning Trump in the Oval Office Friday even explained that Musk was sitting behind 'your Resolute Desk.'
Musk, the wealthiest individual on earth, has actually gotten just as much attention as Trump because the Republican was sworn back in on January 20.
DOGE's early actions - to take a wrecking ball to USAID, are chronicled in Time's piece about the billionaire's arrival in Washington.
Government workers at the Department of Homeland Security informed the publication how they're presuming the 'protective crouch' as they wait for DOGE to show up.
In the after-effects of Time's cover release, Musk was making his own relocations.
'I like @realdonaldtrump as much as a straight guy can enjoy another male,' he proclaimed on X, the platform he obtained, on Friday early morning.
During the Friday afternoon press conference with Japan's Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba, Fox News' Peter Doocy started the questioning by asking Trump what the very first woman idea of Musk's declaration.
'Oh I believe she'll be OK with it, in some way,' Trump said.
In another Friday morning post, Musk cheered that Trump was the 'Greatest president ever!'
Musk highlighted a post where Trump said he was going to end the 'ridiculous Biden push for wiki.lafabriquedelalogistique.fr Paper Straws, which don't work.'
'BACK TO PLASTIC!' Trump composed.
Musk ended up being an ardent MAGA advocate in July, when Trump endured an assassination effort at a rally in Butler, Pennsylvania.
A February 2017 Time cover reportedly frustrated Trump when it showcased then Chief White House Strategist Steve Bannon, identifying him 'The Great Manipulator'
DAMAGE CONTROL? On Friday morning Elon Musk said that he enjoyed President Donald Trump 'as much as a straight male can enjoy another man'
Minutes before he labeled Trump the 'Greatest President ever!' as the Republican is poised to sign an executive order disallowing paper straws
The billionaire SpaceX, surgiteams.com Tesla and X employer endorsed Trump and then plowed millions into the effort over Democratic candidate, Vice President Kamala Harris.
In the run-up to the inauguration Musk hardly ever left Trump's side - even renting a $2,000-a-night home at Mar-a-Lago.
During this time period, Vivek Ramaswamy - who has actually currently left as the co-leader of DOGE - and in turn Musk, began an online war with Bannon and other MAGA traditionalists over the usage of H1-B visas.
Trump appeared to take the tech business owners' side.
Musk stimulated some more difficulty when he trashed the AI task Stargate, which Trump revealed from the White House on January 21, just one day after inauguration.
The DOGE leader isn't a fan of OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, among the 3 tech leaders included in the $500 billion task.
A Republican close to the White House told Politico that some Trump personnel were 'furious' at Musk for torching Stargate online.
'It's clear he has actually abused the distance to the president,' the Trump ally said. 'The issue is the president does not have any utilize over him and Elon provides zero f *** s.'
Trump was then asked about it.
'He dislikes one of the people in the deal,' the president shrugged.
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