{"id":171860,"date":"2025-05-31T17:45:25","date_gmt":"2025-05-31T17:45:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2025\/05\/31\/elon-musk-follows-bombshell-drug-use-report-with-black-eyed-oval-office-press-conference\/"},"modified":"2025-05-31T17:45:25","modified_gmt":"2025-05-31T17:45:25","slug":"elon-musk-follows-bombshell-drug-use-report-with-black-eyed-oval-office-press-conference","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2025\/05\/31\/elon-musk-follows-bombshell-drug-use-report-with-black-eyed-oval-office-press-conference\/","title":{"rendered":"Elon Musk Follows Bombshell Drug Use Report With Black-Eyed Oval Office Press Conference"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"has-dropcap\"><strong>Elon Musk<\/strong>&#8216;s time at the right hand of <strong>Donald Trump<\/strong> began with, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vanityfair.com\/news\/story\/elon-musk-stint-in-politics-reportedly-fueled-by-drugs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">uh, <em>energetic<\/em><\/a> on-stage appearances during which he performed <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vanityfair.com\/style\/story\/elon-musk-inauguration-gesture-nazi-salute?\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">a very Nazi-like salute<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vanityfair.com\/news\/story\/steve-bannons-nazi-salute-elon-musks-chainsaw-is-this-what-republicans-really-want\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">waved around a chain saw<\/a>. But it ended in far more chastened fashion, with a <a data-offer-url=\"https:\/\/x.com\/elonmusk\/status\/1927877957852266518\" class=\"external-link\" data-event-click=\"{&quot;element&quot;:&quot;ExternalLink&quot;,&quot;outgoingURL&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/x.com\/elonmusk\/status\/1927877957852266518&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/elonmusk\/status\/1927877957852266518\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">restrained tweet from Musk<\/a> on Tuesday saying his \u201cscheduled time as a Special Government Employee\u201d was ending, followed by a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vanityfair.com\/news\/story\/elon-musk-reported-drug-use-rfk-jr-maha\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">bombshell report on Friday<\/a> claiming Musk is a regular user of Ecstasy, psychedelic mushrooms, Adderall, and Ketamine\u2014the latter of which he used so regularly that he reportedly suffered bladder-related issues as a result. Given that, you can see why his Friday going-away party in the Oval Office was a bit of a letdown.<\/p>\n<p>Musk, who has in recent months made a habit of <a data-offer-url=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DHl5p9WIvKG\/?hl=en\" class=\"external-link\" data-event-click=\"{&quot;element&quot;:&quot;ExternalLink&quot;,&quot;outgoingURL&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DHl5p9WIvKG\/?hl=en&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DHl5p9WIvKG\/?hl=en\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">wearing a baseball cap<\/a> that reads \u201cTrump was right about everything,&#8221; traded that lid for a black one that simply read \u201cDOGE,&#8221; a reference to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vanityfair.com\/news\/story\/doge-data-transparency?\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">flub-filled federal funding department<\/a> at which <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vanityfair.com\/news\/story\/are-elon-musks-doge-days-over-rumors-are-swirling?\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">he&#8217;s allegedly toiled<\/a> as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vanityfair.com\/news\/story\/elon-musk-tesla-earnings-q1?\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tesla burned<\/a>. Was his farewell event hat-trick more of an Easter egg, intended to indicate <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vanityfair.com\/news\/story\/elon-musk-big-beautiful-bill?\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">his stated dissatisfaction<\/a> with Trump&#8217;s \u201cBig, beautiful bill\u201d? We do know he&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vanityfair.com\/style\/story\/elon-musk-taylor-swift-nazi-salute?\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">obsessed with <strong>Taylor Swift<\/strong><\/a>, perhaps he&#8217;s biting <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vanityfair.com\/style\/story\/lorraine-schwartz-taylor-swift-thigh-chain-grammys-2025?\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">her secret message style<\/a>.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"AssetEmbedWrapper-eVDQiB byBkf asset-embed\">\n<div class=\"AssetEmbedAssetContainer-eJxoAx dBHGoQ asset-embed__asset-container\"><span class=\"SpanWrapper-umhxW lgCwTv responsive-asset AssetEmbedResponsiveAsset-cXBNxi lqMXz asset-embed__responsive-asset\"><picture class=\"ResponsiveImagePicture-cWuUZO dUOtEa AssetEmbedResponsiveAsset-cXBNxi lqMXz asset-embed__responsive-asset responsive-image\"><noscript><\/noscript><\/picture><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"CaptionWrapper-jSZdqE cmter caption AssetEmbedCaption-fNQBPI fmQnYP asset-embed__caption\" data-testid=\"caption-wrapper\"><span class=\"BaseWrap-sc-gjQpdd BaseText-ewhhUZ CaptionText-bHjzlu iUEiRd jSwmTa iXWezO caption__text\"><\/p>\n<p>President Donald Trump holds a news conference with Elon Musk to mark the end of the Tesla CEO&#8217;s tenure as a special government employee overseeing the U.S. DOGE Service on Friday May 30, 2025 in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington.<\/p>\n<p><\/span><span class=\"BaseWrap-sc-gjQpdd BaseText-ewhhUZ CaptionCredit-ejegDm iUEiRd cvffOM fNaHcW caption__credit\">The Washington Post\/Getty Images<\/span><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p class=\"paywall\">He also arrived with a black eye, literally. According to Musk, the injury came from one of his (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.vanityfair.com\/news\/story\/elon-musks-children-ashley-st-clair?\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">at least<\/a>) <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vanityfair.com\/style\/story\/all-elon-musk-children-and-mothers?\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">14 children<\/a> that he <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vanityfair.com\/style\/story\/vivian-wilson-teen-vogue-elon-musk-her-pathetic-man-child-f-cking-cringe-dad\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">actually spends time with<\/a>. \u201cI was just horsing around with little X,&#8221; <a data-offer-url=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/politics\/2025\/05\/31\/elon-musk-black-eye-trump\/\" class=\"external-link\" data-event-click=\"{&quot;element&quot;:&quot;ExternalLink&quot;,&quot;outgoingURL&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/politics\/2025\/05\/31\/elon-musk-black-eye-trump\/&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/politics\/2025\/05\/31\/elon-musk-black-eye-trump\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">he told<\/a> reporters from the event. \u201cI said, \u2018Go ahead, punch me in the face.\u2019 And he did.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paywall\">&#8220;I didn\u2019t really feel much at the time and then, I guess, it bruises up,&#8221; said Musk of his altercation with the child\u2014full name, X \u00c6 A-Xii Musk\u2014whom he shares with <strong>Grimes<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paywall\">Musk&#8217;s shiner was arguably the highlight of the Oval Office gathering, which was loosely structured as a press conference. After some usual rambling remarks such as a reference to a \u201c$20 million&#8221; cut DOGE reportedly made to an \u201cArab Sesame Street in the Middle East, nobody knows what that\u2019s all about\u201d (a reference, perhaps, to a bilaterally supported program intended to <a data-offer-url=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/03\/16\/us\/politics\/doge-sesame-street-fraud.html\" class=\"external-link\" data-event-click=\"{&quot;element&quot;:&quot;ExternalLink&quot;,&quot;outgoingURL&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/03\/16\/us\/politics\/doge-sesame-street-fraud.html&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/03\/16\/us\/politics\/doge-sesame-street-fraud.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">fight Al Qaeda recruitment<\/a>), Trump handed his \u201cfirst buddy\u201d a golden key to the White House.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paywall\">\u201cElon\u2019s really not leaving. He\u2019s going to be back and forth, I think,&#8221; Trump said. \u201cIt\u2019s his baby.\u201d A fascinating word choice to describe an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vanityfair.com\/style\/story\/elon-musk-ashley-st-clair-custody?\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">alleged deadbeat dad<\/a>. Looks like X isn&#8217;t the only person in Musk&#8217;s circle to pack an unexpected punch.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async defer src=\"https:\/\/platform.instagram.com\/en_US\/embeds.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vanityfair.com\/news\/elon-musk-black-eye-donald-trump-oval-office\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Elon Musk&#8216;s time at the right hand of Donald Trump began with, uh, energetic on-stage appearances during which he performed a very Nazi-like salute and waved around a chain saw. But it ended in far more chastened fashion, with a restrained tweet from Musk on Tuesday saying his \u201cscheduled time as a Special Government Employee\u201d [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":171861,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[10716,54,10194,104,644,5358,105,1791],"class_list":{"0":"post-171860","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-celebrity","8":"tag-doge","9":"tag-donald-trump","10":"tag-drugs","11":"tag-elon-musk","12":"tag-politics","13":"tag-technology","14":"tag-twitter","15":"tag-white-house"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/171860","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=171860"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/171860\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/171861"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=171860"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=171860"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=171860"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}