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

Time's latest problem shows Musk sitting behind the Resolute Desk - where President Donald Trump need to be positioned - in the Oval Office.

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

After a long time out, he then sardonically replied: 'Is Time Magazine still in business? I didn't even know that.'

He added: 'Elon is doing a great job. He's discovering remarkable scams and and waste,' the president included, pointing to the work the billionaire has actually done collapsing USAID. 'He's got a staff that's fantastic. He's desired to do this for a very 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 concern: 'Is Steve Bannon the 2nd most powerful man on the planet?'

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

In April 2017, The New York Times reported that Trump was irritated by that cover, informing people 'that does not just happen,' a term the president utilized when speaking about underlings overshadowing him.

Bannon was out in August of that year.

Time Magazine's latest cover reveals 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 portrayed on the new Time magazine cover

Be the first to commentBe among the very first to commentComments

How do you discover the cover?

Comment now Now, eight years later on, Musk's cover is a lot 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 earth, has actually gotten simply as much attention as Trump because the Republican was sworn back in on January 20.

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

Government workers at the Department of Homeland Security informed the magazine how they're assuming the 'defensive crouch' as they wait for DOGE to show up.

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

'I like @realdonaldtrump as much as a straight man can enjoy 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 kicked off the questioning by asking Trump what the first girl thought of Musk's declaration.

'Oh I think she'll be OK with it, somehow,' 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 'ridiculous Biden push for Paper Straws, which don't work.'

'BACK TO PLASTIC!' Trump composed.

Musk ended up being an ardent MAGA advocate in July, when Trump survived an assassination attempt at a rally in Butler, Pennsylvania.

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

TROUBLESHOOTING? On Friday morning Elon Musk said that he enjoyed President Donald Trump 'as much as a straight male can enjoy another male'

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, grandtribunal.org Tesla and X employer backed Trump and then plowed millions into the Republican's reelection effort over Democratic nominee, Vice President Kamala Harris.

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

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

Trump appeared to take the tech entrepreneurs' side.

Musk stimulated some more problem 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, one of the 3 tech leaders included in the $500 billion task.

A Republican close to the White House informed Politico that some Trump staff were 'furious' at Musk for torching Stargate online.

'It's clear he has abused the proximity to the president,' the Trump ally said. 'The issue is the president does not have any utilize over him and Elon gives absolutely no f *** s.'

Trump was then inquired about it.

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

PoliticsSteve BannonDonald TrumpElon Musk