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Elon Musk gracing the cover of Time Magazine could spell catastrophe for the DOGE-running tech billionaire.

Time's latest concern reveals Musk sitting behind the Resolute Desk - where President Donald Trump need to be placed - in the Oval Office.

' No,' Trump initially responded in the Oval Office Friday alongside Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba when asked if he had a reaction to Musk's cover.

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

He included: 'Elon is doing a great task. He's finding remarkable scams and corruption and waste,' the president included, indicating the work the billionaire has done collapsing USAID. 'He's got a staff that's great. He's wished to do this for a long time.'

Trump had touted being named 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 second most effective guy in the world?'

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

In April 2017, The New York Times reported that Trump was frustrated by that cover, 'that doesn't simply take place,' a term the president utilized when talking about 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 captured seated behind the Resolute Desk in the Oval Office - in a similar position where Elon Musk is depicted on the brand-new Time magazine cover

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Comment now Now, eight years later, 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, fishtanklive.wiki the richest individual on the world, has gotten simply as much attention as Trump given that the Republican was sworn back in on January 20.

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

Government workers at the Department of Homeland Security told the publication how they're presuming the 'protective crouch' as they wait for DOGE to show up.

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

'I like @realdonaldtrump as much as a straight male can enjoy another male,' he proclaimed on X, the platform he obtained, on Friday early morning.

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

'Oh I think she'll be OK with it, somehow,' Trump said.

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

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

'BACK TO PLASTIC!' Trump composed.

Musk ended up being an ardent MAGA supporter in July, when Trump made it through an assassination attempt at a rally in Butler, Pennsylvania.

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

DAMAGE CONTROL? On Friday morning Elon Musk said that he loved President Donald Trump 'as much as a straight guy can like another guy'

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

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

In the run-up to the inauguration Musk rarely 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 already exited as the co-leader of DOGE - and in turn Musk, began 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 task Stargate, bybio.co which Trump announced from the White House on January 21, just one day after inauguration.

The DOGE leader isn't a fan of OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, one of the 3 tech leaders involved in the $500 billion job.

A Republican near 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 doesn't have any utilize over him and Elon gives absolutely no f *** s.'

Trump was then asked about it.

'He hates one of individuals in the deal,' the president shrugged.

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