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

Time's most current concern shows Musk sitting behind the Resolute Desk - where President Donald Trump need to 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 reaction to Musk's cover.

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

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

Trump had actually touted being named 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 effective male 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, informing individuals 'that does not simply happen,' a term the president utilized when speaking about underlings eclipsing him.

Bannon was out in August of that year.

Time Magazine's newest cover shows Elon Musk sitting 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 comparable position where Elon Musk is depicted on the brand-new Time magazine cover

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Comment now Now, eight years later on, Musk's cover is even 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 individual on the planet, suvenir51.ru has received just as much attention as Trump since the Republican was sworn back in on January 20.

DOGE's early actions - to take a trashing ball to USAID, asystechnik.com are chronicled in Time's piece about the billionaire's arrival in Washington.

Civil servant at the Department of Homeland Security informed the magazine how they're assuming the 'protective crouch' as they wait for DOGE to show up.

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

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

During the Friday afternoon press conference with Japan's Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba, Fox News' Peter Doocy kicked off the questioning by asking Trump what the first woman idea of Musk's declaration.

'Oh I think she'll be OK with it, in some way,' 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 'outrageous Biden push for Paper Straws, which don't work.'

'BACK TO PLASTIC!' Trump wrote.

Musk ended up being 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 frustrated 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 man can love another man'

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

The billionaire SpaceX, Tesla and X boss backed Trump and library.kemu.ac.ke then plowed millions into the Republican's reelection effort over Democratic candidate, 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 period, Vivek Ramaswamy - who has currently exited as the co-leader of DOGE - and in turn Musk, began an online war with Bannon and wiki.snooze-hotelsoftware.de other MAGA traditionalists over using H1-B visas.

Trump appeared to take the tech entrepreneurs' side.

Musk stirred up some more difficulty when he trashed the AI job 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, one of the three tech leaders included in the $500 billion project.

A near the White House told Politico that some Trump staff were 'furious' at Musk for torching Stargate online.

'It's clear he has actually abused the proximity to the president,' the Trump ally said. 'The issue is the president doesn't have any take advantage of over him and Elon gives zero f *** s.'

Trump was then inquired about it.

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

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