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The Herald Scotland
20 hours ago
- Automotive
- The Herald Scotland
Donald Trump not aware of Elon Musk's reported campaign drug use
Trump spoke to reporters May 30 after returning from a rally in Pennsylvania. He denied any knowledge of drug use by Musk and called him "fantastic." Asked if he was troubled by the report, Trump said: "I'm not troubled by anything with Elon." A reporter tried to ask Musk during an Oval Office event May 30 about his alleged drug use during the 2024 campaign. But Musk dodged the question and criticized the New York Times' reporting on Russian interference in the 2016 election. "Let's move on," Musk said, standing behind the president at the Resolute Desk. More: Musk leaves D.C. with black eye: 5 takeaways from Oval Office sendoff with Trump Musk is the CEO of car maker Tesla and rocket company SpaceX, and he owns social-media platform X. He acknowledged in March 2024 that he used prescription ketamine to combat bouts of depression. He worried corporate executives by smoking marijuana during a podcast in 2018. Contributing: Bart Jansen, USA TODAY
Yahoo
a day ago
- Business
- Yahoo
Trump says he wasn't aware of Musk reportedly using drugs during the 2024 campaign
President Donald Trump said he is not aware of Elon Musk regularly using drugs, responding to a media report on the billionaires' alleged drug use during the 2024 presidential campaign. The New York Times, citing unnamed sources, reported that Musk frequently used drugs such as ketamine, ecstasy and psychedelic mushrooms while campaigning with Trump in 2024. The paper said it was unclear whether Musk used drugs while working for Trump in the Department of Government Efficiency. Trump spoke to reporters May 30 after returning from a rally in Pennsylvania. He denied any knowledge of drug use by Musk and called him "fantastic." Asked if he was troubled by the report, Trump said: "I'm not troubled by anything with Elon." A reporter tried to ask Musk during an Oval Office event May 30 about his alleged drug use during the 2024 campaign. But Musk dodged the question and criticized the New York Times' reporting on Russian interference in the 2016 election. "Let's move on," Musk said, standing behind the president at the Resolute Desk. More: Musk leaves D.C. with black eye: 5 takeaways from Oval Office sendoff with Trump Musk is the CEO of car maker Tesla and rocket company SpaceX, and he owns social-media platform X. He acknowledged in March 2024 that he used prescription ketamine to combat bouts of depression. He worried corporate executives by smoking marijuana during a podcast in 2018. Contributing: Bart Jansen, USA TODAY This article originally appeared on Palm Beach Post: Donald Trump not aware of Elon Musk's reported campaign drug use
Perth Now
a day ago
- Entertainment
- Perth Now
Miley Cyrus addresses future acting plans as she issues 'challenge' to Hollywood directors
Miley Cyrus has "never really found the role" that would allow her to revive her acting career. The 32-year-old pop star shot to international fame when she took on the title role of Disney's musical television sitcom 'Hannah Montana' in the late 2000s, but has since been heavily focused on her music and only appeared in a handful of films. Speaking on the New York Times' 'The Interview' podcast, she said: "It's actually really interesting because I got 'Hannah Montana' because I was a singer. "I was singing in Nashville, there was a little place in our mall where you could go and make demos. We don't have a Build-A-Bear, we had Build-A-Country-Music-Star! "So I used to go to the mall, make my demos, write my songs. And they were looking for someone who could really sing, not just record kids' music but actually have music be the heart of the show. I was chosen to be an actress because I was a singer. "I got known as being an actress, but I hadn't actually acted in anything. I had been in a baked bean commercial and I had two lines in a Tim Burton one time." The 'Easy Lover' hitmaker - who starred opposite now ex-husband Liam Hemsworth in 'The Last Song' in 2010 and last held a leading role with 2012's 'So Undercover' - is still keen to return to acting at some point and has "challenged" directors an writers to come up with something that she can play. She added: "I became an actress so I could bring that part to life and then I just never really found the role for me because I'm such a character in myself that to find something that can absorb me completely is really challenging. "And I challenge every writer and director out there to bring it to me because I would love to. "I either want to be myself because I'm really good at that, or I wanna throw me away because I'm really good at that too. I'm not good in the middle."
USA Today
2 days ago
- Automotive
- USA Today
Trump says he wasn't aware of Musk reportedly using drugs during the 2024 campaign
Trump says he wasn't aware of Musk reportedly using drugs during the 2024 campaign Show Caption Hide Caption Elon Musk officially departs Trump administration Elon Musk is leaving the Trump administration as his allotted 130 days as a "special government employee" ends. President Donald Trump said he is not aware of Elon Musk using drugs during the 2024 presidential campaign, responding to a media report on the billionaires' alleged drug use. The New York Times, citing unnamed sources, reported that Musk frequently used drugs such as ketamine, ecstasy and psychedelic mushrooms while campaigning with Trump in 2024. The paper said it was unclear whether Musk used drugs while working for Trump in the Department of Government Efficiency. Trump spoke to reporters May 30 after returning from a rally in Pennsylvania. He denied any knowledge of drug use by Musk and called him "fantastic." Asked if he was troubled by the report, Trump said: "I'm not troubled by anything with Elon." A reporter tried to ask Musk during an Oval Office event May 30 about his alleged drug use during the 2024 campaign. But Musk dodged the question and criticized the New York Times' reporting on Russian interference in the 2016 election. "Let's move on," Musk said, standing behind the president at the Resolute Desk. More: Musk leaves D.C. with black eye: 5 takeaways from Oval Office sendoff with Trump Musk is the CEO of car maker Tesla and rocket company SpaceX, and he owns social-media platform X. He acknowledged in March 2024 that he used prescription ketamine to combat bouts of depression. He worried corporate executives by smoking marijuana during a podcast in 2018. Contributing: Bart Jansen, USA TODAY
Time Magazine
2 days ago
- Politics
- Time Magazine
White House Deflects Questions Raised About Musk's Alleged Drug Use
Elon Musk's final hours working for President Donald Trump were spent in part by deflecting questions about his drug use, which a New York Times investigation on Friday revealed was far more extensive than previously known. Standing beside Trump in the Oval Office to mark his last day in government, Musk cut off a reporter for even mentioning the New York Times' reported allegations that he regularly consumed ketamine, ecstasy, and psychedelic mushrooms while traveling with Trump on the campaign trail last year. 'The New York Times. Is that the same publication that got a Pulitzer Prize for false reporting on Russiagate?' Musk said when asked about the report. 'Let's move on.' Musk has had a ubiquitous presence at the White House over the past year, attending Cabinet meetings, appearing regularly with Trump in the Oval Office, and serving as the public face of the Department of Government Efficiency, a network of engineers tasked with rooting out waste, fraud, and abuse from the federal government. His role, while technically unpaid and temporary, grew in both scope and influence—often bypassing traditional bureaucratic channels. But as Musk's visibility rose, so did concerns about his behavior behind the scenes. The Times report described an increasingly erratic figure whose drug use went far beyond the occasional ketamine prescription he had previously disclosed. According to people familiar with his activities, he told associates that he was taking so much ketamine that it was damaging his bladder, a known consequence of chronic abuse. He also traveled with a daily medication box filled with roughly 20 pills, including Adderall, The Times reported. It remains unclear whether Musk was under the influence while in his government role. But some critics have noted his erratic behavior, such as his Nazi-like gesture at a rally, garbled answers during interviews, and frequent insults of top Trump officials. The White House declined to comment directly on the matter. Trump's deputy chief of staff Stephen Miller told reporters Friday that he has no concerns over Musk's alleged drug use. 'The drugs I'm concerned about are the drugs that are coming across the border from the criminal cartels that are killing hundreds of thousands of Americans,' Miller said. Musk has previously admitted his history of recreational drug use. In a 2024 interview with Don Lemon, he acknowledged he took 'a small amount' of prescribed ketamine to treat negative moods about once every two weeks, but that his heavy workload prevented him from using it too much. 'If you've used too much ketamine, you can't really get work done, and I have a lot of work,' he said. Musk announced on Friday that he plans to continue advising Trump and the U.S. DOGE Service even after he formally departs the government to focus more on his companies, which include Tesla and SpaceX, among others. During his time in the government, Musk oversaw DOGE's sweeping cuts to the federal workforce as part of the Trump Administration's efforts to vastly reduce federal spending. He had initially sought to cut $2 trillion from the nation's roughly $6.8 trillion federal budget, before walking back that figure. DOGE's website claims it has secured $175 billion in estimated savings, but media outlets have found its assertions to be exaggerated and misleading. TIME has not been able to independently verify those savings. 'I expect to continue to provide advice, whenever the President would like advice,' Musk said on Friday. 'I hope so,' Trump chimed in.
