Mystery over Elon Musk’s black eye as he joins Trump in Oval Office for goodbye event
Elon Musk has appeared with a black eye, which was visible during a farewell press conference with President Donald Trump in the Oval Office.
The billionaire was wearing his “Dogefather” t-shirt at Friday’s press conference, which officially marks the end of his time as a special government employee heading up the Department of Government Efficiency.
Social media was rife with people questioning what happened to Musk’s eye.
“Does anyone know why Elon has a black eye,” one person said. “Why is Elon Musk’s right eye, black and blue??????” another asked.
“What’s up with Elon Musk’s black eye?” someone else said.
Musk’s appearance comes the same day as a report that he was using drugs “intensely” and regularly, including “chronically” using the powerful anesthetic ketamine.
The Tesla CEO was allegedly using ecstasy, psychedelic mushrooms and Adderall, which he kept in a daily medication box that held about 20 pills, sources told The New York Times.
Musk dodged a question about his alleged drug use at the press conference and instead railed against the newspaper.
Earlier this week, Musk said he was “disappointed” in Trump’s “big beautiful bill,” and said it “undermines the work” of DOGE.
But at Friday’s press conference, Trump appeared eager to end the mogul’s time in government on a high.
“We’ll remember you as we announce billions of dollars of extra waste, fraud and abuse,” Trump said. “DOGE has installed geniuses with an engineering mindset and unbelievably talented people on computers,” he continued. “I actually asked Elon one time, ‘What’s their primary thing?’ And they have a lot of primary things all having to do with being smart.”
Musk said he believes that DOGE “will continue to be doing an incredible job.”
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