US President Donald Trump has mocked Time magazine after its latest cover portrayed Tesla CEO Elon Musk on his seat. "Is Time magazine still in business? I didn't even know that," Trump said while responding to a question about the Time magazine cover.
In its latest edition, Time magazine's cover features Elon Musk behind the Resolute Desk in the Oval Office.
"Inside Elon Musk's War on Washington," the cover story of Time magazine read.
"So far, Musk appears accountable to no one but President Trump, who handed his campaign benefactor a sweeping mandate to bring the government in line with his agenda," Time's cover story said.
"Elon is doing a great job. He's finding tremendous fraud and corruption and waste. You see it with the USAID, but you're going to see it even more so with other agencies and other parts of government. He's got a staff that's fantastic," Trump said in response, adding, "He's wanted to be able to do this for a long time."
Incidentally, Trump was Time magazine's Person of the Year for 2024, and in January, its cover featured Trump wiping former President Biden's items off the Resolute Desk in the Oval Office with the headline, "He's Back."
Musk was also featured on Time magazine's cover in November when it described the world's richest man as ¡°Citizen Musk¡± and as a ¡°kingmaker¡± over his role in the presidential election.
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The influence of Musk, who leads the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), on the Trump administration has been well documented by now. Many have even argued that it is Musk, and not Trump, who is running the US government.
In its cover story, Time magazine noted that ¡°No single private citizen... has wielded such power over the machinery of the U.S. government.¡±
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