Elon Musk’s White House Farewell Draws Scrutiny and Quips
Friday, May 30, 2025, 2:22 pm
At the White House farewell, Elon Musk’s exit turned into a media spectacle. Amid spotted injuries and rapid-fire denials regarding alleged drug use, Musk dodged probing questions as he wrapped up his tenure – all while sharing the stage with President Trump, leaving onlookers both bewildered and bemused.
Elon Musk blames his black eye at the White House on playful roughhousing with his 5-year-old son X, joking, “Turns out he actually packs a punch."
Elon Musk is wrapping up his role with DOGE. President Trump held a press conference alongside Musk today. With Elon Musk signing off from DOGE how will the department go forward? And will President Trump’s so-called planned partnership between US Steel and Nippon Steel benefit Americans? NTD…
State of the Union: “This is not the end of DOGE, but only the beginning,” said Musk. The post Elon Musk Departs Trump Administration appeared first on The American Conservative.
WASHINGTON — Elon Musk left the White House for the last time as a special government employee Friday, telling reporters “my time had to end” — but insisting the Department of Government Efficiency he inspired will live on. “I’ll continue to be visiting here, and be a friend and an adviser to the…
The richest man in the world and President Trump's former right hand man held a joint press conference in the Oval Office.
"What happened to Elon, appears he has a black eye on his right," one account speculated of the tech billionaire's appearance.
The White House is celebrating a wave of strong economic indicators — from a plummeting trade deficit to rising personal incomes.
Elon Musk brushed off a New York Times report about his alleged drug use while joining the Trump campaign in a Friday press conference marking the end of the billionaire's days with the Department of Government Efficiency.The big picture: Musk earlier this week announced his departure from the…
Billionaire Elon Musk ended his time overseeing the Department of Government Efficiency on Friday to focus on his companies. Molly Ball, senior political correspondent at The Wall Street Journal, and Nancy Cook, senior national political correspondent at Bloomberg, as well as CBS News White House…
"CBS Sunday Morning" correspondent David Pogue says he was the only non-space journalist invited to interview Elon Musk on Tuesday ahead of SpaceX's ninth test flight of the Super Heavy-Starship rocket. Pogue says Musk initially said "we're going to stick to talking about spaceships" before he…
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