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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 ought to be placed - in the Oval Office.

' No,' Trump first reacted in the Oval Office Friday together with 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 service? I didn't even understand that.'

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

Trump had actually promoted being called 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 concern: 'Is Steve Bannon the second most effective man worldwide?'

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

In April 2017, The New york city Times reported that Trump was frustrated by that cover, telling people 'that doesn't simply occur,' a term the president utilized when speaking about underlings eclipsing him.

Bannon was out in August of that year.

Time Magazine's newest cover reveals Elon Musk being in President Donald Trump's location 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 new Time publication 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 person in the world, has gotten just as much attention as Trump given that the Republican was sworn back in on January 20.

DOGE's early actions - to take a damaging 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 assuming the 'protective crouch' as they wait for DOGE to show up.

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

'I enjoy @realdonaldtrump as much as a straight male can love another guy,' he proclaimed on X, grandtribunal.org 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 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 do not work.'

'BACK TO PLASTIC!' Trump composed.

Musk became an ardent MAGA advocate in July, when Trump survived an assassination effort at a rally in Butler, Pennsylvania.

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

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

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

The billionaire SpaceX, Tesla and X employer endorsed Trump and then raked millions into the Republican's reelection effort over Democratic nominee, Vice President Kamala Harris.

In the run-up to the inauguration Musk seldom left Trump's side - even renting a $2,000 at Mar-a-Lago.

During this time period, Vivek Ramaswamy - who has actually currently left 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 business owners' side.

Musk stimulated some more trouble when he trashed the AI job Stargate, which Trump announced 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 3 tech leaders associated with the $500 billion task.

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

'It's clear he has actually abused the distance to the president,' the Trump ally said. 'The problem is the president does not have any take advantage of over him and Elon gives absolutely no f *** s.'

Trump was then asked about it.

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

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