1 Elon Musk's TIME Magazine Cover has Everybody Saying the same Thing
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Elon Musk enhancing the cover of Time Magazine could spell disaster for the DOGE-running tech billionaire.

Time's newest problem reveals Musk sitting behind the Resolute Desk - where President Donald Trump must be placed - in the Oval Office.

' No,' Trump initially reacted in the Oval Office Friday along with Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba when asked if he had a response to Musk's cover.

After a long time out, he then sarcastically responded: 'Is Time Magazine still in company? I didn't even understand that.'

He included: 'Elon is doing a terrific task. He's discovering incredible scams and corruption and waste,' the president added, pointing to the work the billionaire has actually done collapsing USAID. 'He's got a staff that's great. He's wished to do this for 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 question: 'Is Steve Bannon the 2nd most powerful male worldwide?'

At the time, Bannon was labeled 'The Great Manipulator.'

In April 2017, The New York Times reported that Trump was frustrated by that cover, informing people 'that does not just occur,' a term the president utilized when discussing underlings overshadowing 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 similar position where Elon Musk is portrayed on the brand-new Time magazine cover

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Comment now Now, eight years later on, Musk's cover is a lot more provocative.

A reporter questioning Trump in the Oval Office Friday even explained that Musk was sitting behind 'your Resolute Desk.'

Musk, the richest person in the world, has actually gotten just as much attention as Trump considering that the Republican was sworn back in on January 20.

DOGE's early actions - to take a wrecking ball to USAID, menwiki.men are narrated in Time's piece about the billionaire's arrival in Washington.

Civil servant at the Department of Homeland Security told the publication how they're presuming the 'protective crouch' as they wait for DOGE to get here.

In the consequences of Time's cover release, Musk was making his own moves.

'I love @realdonaldtrump as much as a straight man can enjoy another guy,' he proclaimed on X, the platform he obtained, on Friday morning.

During the Friday afternoon interview with Japan's Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba, Fox News' Peter Doocy started the questioning by asking Trump what the first lady idea of Musk's pronouncement.

'Oh I believe she'll be OK with it, in some way,' Trump said.

In another Friday early morning post, that Trump was the 'Greatest president ever!'

Musk highlighted a post where Trump said he was going to end the 'absurd Biden push for Paper Straws, which don't work.'

'BACK TO PLASTIC!' Trump wrote.

Musk became an ardent MAGA advocate in July, when Trump made it through an assassination attempt at a rally in Butler, Pennsylvania.

A February 2017 Time cover reportedly irritated Trump when it showcased then Chief White House Strategist Steve Bannon, identifying him 'The Great Manipulator'

TROUBLESHOOTING? On Friday early morning Elon Musk said that he loved President Donald Trump 'as much as a straight man can love another guy'

Minutes before he identified Trump the 'Greatest President ever!' as the Republican is poised to sign an executive order barring paper straws

The billionaire SpaceX, Tesla and X boss backed Trump and then raked millions into the Republican's reelection effort over Democratic nominee, Vice President Kamala Harris.

In the run-up to the inauguration Musk seldom left Trump's side - even leasing a $2,000-a-night cottage at Mar-a-Lago.

During this time duration, Vivek Ramaswamy - who has currently exited as the co-leader of DOGE - and in turn Musk, started an online war with Bannon and other MAGA traditionalists over using H1-B visas.

Trump appeared to take the tech entrepreneurs' side.

Musk stimulated some more trouble when he trashed the AI task Stargate, which Trump revealed from the White House on January 21, simply one day after inauguration.

The DOGE leader isn't a fan of OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, among the three 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 abused the distance to the president,' the Trump ally said. 'The issue is the president does not have any take advantage of over him and akropolistravel.com Elon provides zero f *** s.'

Trump was then inquired about it.

'He dislikes one of individuals in the offer,' the president shrugged.

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