A Fox News host called out Elon Musk’s reaction to the New York City Times report declaring substance abuse while the billionaire was working as Trump’s senior consultant at the Department of Federal Government Effectiveness.
The Times report declared that Musk was often utilizing magic mushrooms, euphoria, Adderall, and ketamine in quantities that triggered him bladder problems.
When inquired about the report throughout an Oval Workplace press rundown on Friday, Musk questioned the paper’s trustworthiness.
” Wait, wait, The New York City Times, is that the exact same publication that got a Pulitzer Reward for incorrect reporting on Russiagate? Is it the exact same company?” Musk responded. “Let’s proceed.”
On Sunday, Fox News anchor Howard Kurtz called out Musk for declining to respond to the concern straight, stating he “chose to speak about something from 5 years ago including the Pulitzers due to the fact that he understood that he did not wish to respond to that concern. That’s my take.”
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Elon Musk has actually gone– however there is an even larger risk in the White Home now” That’s called deflection,” Kurtz stated.
Musk has actually formerly confessed to utilizing a “percentage” of ketamine to deal with anxiety. He made the admission in an interview with previous CNN host Don Lemon in 2024.
Critics of Musk on social networks– including his own platform, X– have actually fasted to implicate him of being under the impact of drugs, typically in reaction to videos of him doing odd things.
In a current video in which Musk was tape-recorded stacking spoons at a supper, one X user implicated him of “tripping on ketamine” while checking out Trump’s Bedminster golf club.
Musk responded to the allegation by stating, “I’m not on ketamine ffs.”
Another video of Musk’s current look in the Oval Workplace, which reveals him lolling his head and rolling his eyes while Trump was speaking. His look– consisting of a shiner he stated he got while having fun with his young kid– was likewise lampooned on social networks.
Musk’s newest check out to the Oval Workplace was something of a send; his fixed time working as Trump’s senior consultant at DOGE has actually ended, and he seems going back to the economic sector to concentrate on his services, though the president firmly insists that the world’s wealthiest guy will still be spending time DC.