Trump says he doesn't know if Elon Musk used drugs at White House
President Donald Trump on Monday said he doesn't know if billionaire Elon Musk ever used prescription or illegal drugs at the White House.
Just days after their public falling out, Trump said he wished the world's richest man well but didn't deny that Musk could have been using drugs during his stint working for the administration.
'I don't think so. I hope not,' Trump said in response to a question about Musk's reported drug use at an unrelated White House forum. 'We had a good relationship and I just wish him well, very well actually.'
Musk brushed off reports of his regular excessive drug use last month at a chummy send off hosted by Trump at the Oval Office.
The New York Times reported that Musk regularly popped pills, including ketamine, Adderall and psychedelic drugs during his time on the Trump campaign trail last year and has evaded random drug tests.
The billionaires' bromance quickly went south last week when Musk trashed as an 'abomination' the sprawling budget bill that Republicans are seeking to jam through Congress.
Trump responded by slamming Musk, who fired back by accusing Trump of being included in the government files of clients of notorious sex criminal Jeffrey Epstein and backing a call for him to be impeached.
The SpaceX and Tesla billionaire later deleted those posts, but the damage was done.
Trump says he's in no hurry to talk to Musk and assumes their friendship is done. He suggested a potential probe of federal contracts that massively benefit Musk's companies while MAGA allies have called for investigations into Musk's drug use and even his immigration status.
The Washington Post quoted Trump as calling Musk a 'big-time drug addict,' citing unnamed aides.
Trump also brushed aside reports that Musk got into a physical altercation with Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent during a spat near the Oval Office.
'I don't know about any physicality,' Trump said.
Bessent and a handful of other Trump cabinet secretaries openly feuded with Musk over what they perceived as his interference. Bessent won a turf battle with Musk when Trump sided with Bessent over his pick to lead the Internal Revenue Service after Musk had tried to install one of his loyalists at the helm of the powerful tax agency.
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