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

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

' No,' Trump initially reacted 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 sardonically replied: 'Is Time Magazine still in organization? I didn't even know that.'

He added: 'Elon is doing a great job. He's finding tremendous 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 wonderful. He's wished to do this for a very long time.'

Trump had promoted 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 guy on the planet?'

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

In April 2017, The New york city Times reported that Trump was annoyed by that cover, telling individuals 'that doesn't just happen,' a term the president used when talking about underlings overshadowing him.

Bannon was out in August of that year.

Time Magazine's latest cover shows 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 comparable position where Elon Musk is represented on the brand-new Time magazine cover

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A reporter questioning Trump in the Oval Office Friday even explained that Musk was sitting behind 'your Resolute Desk.'

Musk, the wealthiest individual on earth, has received simply as much attention as Trump because the Republican was sworn back in on January 20.

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

Government staff members at the Department of Homeland Security told the publication how they're presuming the 'defensive 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 man can like another man,' 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 first girl idea of Musk's pronouncement.

'Oh I believe 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 wrote.

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

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

TROUBLESHOOTING? On Friday early morning Elon Musk said that he enjoyed President Donald Trump 'as much as a straight male can enjoy 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, Tesla and X manager endorsed Trump and after that plowed 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 cottage at .

During this time period, Vivek Ramaswamy - who has currently exited as the co-leader of DOGE - and in turn Musk, started an online war with Bannon and 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, among the three tech leaders associated with the $500 billion project.

A Republican near the White House informed Politico that some Trump personnel 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 offers absolutely no f *** s.'

Trump was then asked about it.

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

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