1 Elon Musk's TIME Magazine Cover has everyone Saying the Exact same Thing
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Elon Musk enhancing the cover of Time Magazine might spell disaster for the billionaire.

Time's newest issue shows Musk sitting behind the Resolute Desk - where President Donald Trump must be placed - 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 response to Musk's cover.

After a long pause, he then sarcastically responded: 'Is Time Magazine still in service? I didn't even know that.'

He included: 'Elon is doing a fantastic task. He's discovering incredible scams and corruption and waste,' the president included, indicating the work the billionaire has actually done collapsing USAID. 'He's got a personnel that's fantastic. He's wished to do this for a long period of time.'

Trump had actually touted being called Time's Person of the Year himself last year.

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 man worldwide?'

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

In April 2017, The New york city Times reported that Trump was annoyed by that cover, telling individuals 'that does not just happen,' a term the president utilized when discussing underlings eclipsing him.

Bannon was out in August of that year.

Time Magazine's latest cover reveals Elon Musk being in President Donald Trump's place 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 depicted on the new Time publication cover

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Comment now Now, eight 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 richest person in the world, has actually gotten simply as much attention as Trump since the Republican was sworn back in on January 20.

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

Government employees at the Department of Homeland Security told the publication how they're presuming the 'defensive crouch' as they wait for DOGE to get here.

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

'I enjoy @realdonaldtrump as much as a straight man can like 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 began the questioning by asking Trump what the very first lady thought of Musk's pronouncement.

'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 'ludicrous Biden push for asteroidsathome.net Paper Straws, which do not work.'

'BACK TO PLASTIC!' Trump wrote.

Musk ended up being an ardent MAGA fan in July, when Trump endured an assassination effort at a rally in Butler, Pennsylvania.

A February 2017 Time cover supposedly frustrated 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 liked President Donald Trump 'as much as a straight guy can love another man'

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 endorsed Trump and disgaeawiki.info 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 renting a $2,000-a-night home at Mar-a-Lago.

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

Trump appeared to take the tech business owners' side.

Musk stirred up some more difficulty when he trashed the AI project 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 three tech leaders associated with the $500 billion project.

A Republican politician 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 proximity to the president,' the Trump ally said. 'The problem is the president doesn't have any take advantage of over him and Elon offers no f *** s.'

Trump was then inquired about it.

'He hates among the individuals in the offer,' the president shrugged.

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