ELON Musk showed up with a black eye as he said his final goodbyes to President Donald Trump and the Department of Government Efficiency in an Oval Office press conference on Friday.
Trump and the billionaire failed to acknowledge the injury as the president gushed over Musk’s 130 days of slashing federal spending.
At the beginning of their final press conference, Trump played a clip from CNBC where an anchor proclaimed that personal income has skyrocketed and tripled expectations.
The president then looked on Musk with pride as he listed the billionaire’s achievements, which included slashing many offshore projects said to be funded by USAID.
“He’s an incredible patriot,” Trump said after fuming over how the media criticized Musk.
Musk wore a black T-shirt with the words “The Dogefather” in the style of The Godfather emblazoned on the front as he smiled and nodded at Trump’s words.
But despite his sunny disposition, fans started to notice that the billionaire appeared to have a painful-looking black eye.
Viewers shared their concern for the Tesla founder and questioned what had left the painful-looking mark.
“Does Elon Musk have a black eye in the Oval Office right now?” wrote one viewer on X.
“Oh man, I can’t wait for the conspiracy theories.”
“Is no one going to ask why Elon Musk has a black eye,” said another person.
Another person wrote, “What is up with Elon Musk having a black eye at today’s White House Conference with President Trump?”
A reporter eventually asked Musk about his eye, and the billionaire quickly joked that he wasn’t “anywhere near France,” an apparent joke about French President Emmanuel Macron’s wife Brigitte, who was seen slapping her husband before they walked off an airplane.
Musk then revealed that his five-year-old son X had accidentally hit him when the two were playing.
“I was just horsing around with little X and I said, ‘Go ahead punch me in the face,’ and he did,” Musk explained.
Trump, who said he didn’t notice the black eye, smiled at the admission and said, “X could do it. If you knew X he could do it.”
Musk then said, “I didn’t really feel much at the time, and I guess it bruises up, but I was just horsing around with the kid.”
When asked about Musk’s future in the White House, the pair confirmed that he would always be on standby to give the president guidance.
END OF AN ERA
Earlier this week, Musk confirmed that he would soon be stepping down from his position and thanked the White House for having him.
“The DOGE mission will only strengthen over time as it becomes a way of life throughout the government,” he said in the post.
Trump confirmed that Friday would be Musk’s last day, but insisted that the tech billionaire would “always be helping all the way.”
Questions still remain over who will lead the department in Musk’s absence, but White House spokesperson Karoline Leavitt suggested it would be a group effort.
Musk made a lofty vow to save the government $1 trillion, and claims that DOGE has already slashed $160 billion in spending.
He’s also had a slew of viral moments since joining Trump’s campaign, like when he held up a massive “chainsaw for bureaucracy” on stage at the Conservative Political Action Conference.
In one presser with Trump, Musk set up a makeshift Tesla dealership outside the White House where the president gushed about the “computer” inside the cars.
And several times he was seen in the Oval Office with his four-year-old son X Æ A-Xii, whom he shares with his estranged ex Grimes.
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