The gloves are off and the secrets are being spilled as President Donald Trump and Elon Musk are going head to head with a war of the words. While it all started so well, and the tech billionaire seemed to settle into his position as Head of the Department of Government Efficiency, things slowly started to derail in the aftermath of the POTUS' big, beautiful bill.
Much like how Elon Musk didn't hold back when he spectacularly claimed Donald Trump's name is in the Epstein Files and this is the reason they’re being held back from being fully released, the President isn't afraid to dish the dirt.
There were bizarre scenes when Musk appeared with a black eye during his farewell conference at the Oval Office. Sporting his typical 'Dark MAGA' hat, Musk claimed he got the shiner from 'horsing' around with his five-year-old son, Lil X. Addressing the elephant in the room, Musk explained: "I said go ahead and punch me in the face and he did. X could do it..."
The President brushed off the injury and claimed: "I didn’t notice it, actually."
Before Trump and Musk were at each other's throats, there were lighter scenes. Musk even joked that he "wasn’t anywhere near France," poking fun at an incident earlier in the week where Brigitte Macron pushed President Emmanuel Macron’s face.
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It seems that Trump did notice Musk's eye (it's hard not to), later revealing what he said to the world's richest man just moments before they spoke to the press. Ahead of their nuclear fallout on social media, Trump was asked what he thought about Musk criticizing his bill. A somber Trump admitted: "I can understand why he’s upset. Remember, he was here for a long time. You saw a man who was very happy when he stood behind the Oval Desk."
As for his black eye, Trump continued: "And even with the black eye, I said, do you want a little makeup? We’ll get you a little makeup. But he said, no, I don’t think so, which is interesting and very nice."
Musk being clocked by a five-year-old became rife for ridicule, as The Daily Show's Jon Stewart couldn't help but fire his own shots as he mocked a 'beaten down' Musk.
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The host compared a jolly-looking Musk at a Trump rally to the tired version with a black eye. Feigning sympathy for the tech mogul, Stewart jibed: "Honestly, I’m starting to feel bad for this guy. Look at him, he’s been there four months. Look at the poor bastard. It only took four months to go from this to this."
He concluded: "Look at this f***ing guy. He went from tech titan given a mandate to move fast and crush the deep state to a guy who had a bad night in a Nashville bar he can’t remember.
"He looks beaten down. He’s got that look on his face that I imagine his employees normally have. Black eye, thousand yard stare, this dude has seen some shit. I’d like to know at least how that happened."
As for Musk's time in politics, it looks like it'll now be immortalized by one final picture of him sporting a Dark MAGA hat, a t-shirt saying 'The Dogefather', and a black eye.