A fake Truth Social post circulated as Trump told a crowd at AmericaFest: "He’s not going to be president, that I can tell you."

Musk, the owner of car manufacturer Tesla and social media platform X, has been tapped by Trump to lead the proposed Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), with biotech entrepreneur and former Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy, after vocally supporting and financially backing his campaign for president.

Donald Trump, however, commended Elon Musk for doing an “amazing job”. He said, “It’s nice to have some smart people to rely on...”

He added that Musk couldn’t even be president because he wasn’t born in America; he was born in South Africa. Musk’s relationship with Trump has become a concern after Trump

After Musk helped tank a bipartisan bill to fund the government, Trump told conservative activists that he hadn't "ceded the presidency" to the tech billionaire.

After Congress averted a government shutdown with a last-minute deal, it’s become a serious question: who runs the GOP, Donald Trump or Elon Musk? While Trump is about to be sworn in for his second term,

Donald Trump has said he backs a government shutdown after he and Elon Musk sank a spending bill with just 48 hours to go before the deadline.

Elon Musk says comments of “President Musk” is part of a media conspiracy to “drive a wedge between” him and Donald Trump, but he hasn’t outright rejected his new moniker. Comments about Musk’s political influence rolled in after he went on a posting spree Wednesday to threaten GOP lawmakers with retribution if they didn’t reject a stopgap budget he felt had too wide of a scope.