Attempting to shrug off a recent Time cover showing Elon Musk sitting behind the Resolute Desk as president, Donald Trump mockingly asked whether the magazine was “still in business” while claiming he hadn’t seen the latest issue.
The provocative cover was accompanied by a lengthy story on Musk’s upheaval of the federal government, describing it as the DOGE chief’s “war on Washington.”.
“Mr. President, do you have any reaction to the new Time cover that has Elon Musk sitting behind your Resolute Desk?”
“No,” Trump replied, insisting he had not yet seen the cover.
Donald Trump claims he hasn’t seen Time’s cover of Elon Musk as president before saying he didn’t know the magazine was “still in business.”
Calling both the bell-ringing and the Time cover “a tremendous honor,” Trump gushed over being recognized by the magazine.
At the time, he called the magazine “very important” and said that it had bestowed a “tremendous honor” upon him. »