E-Paper
Elon Musk breaks silence on new bombshell drug abuse charge, netizens react; ‘It's funny that…'
Elon Musk has dismissed NY Times allegations of narcotics use during the 2024 campaign, labeling them as baseless.
Elon Musk, the CEO of Tesla, has responded to a New York Times piece that claims he used narcotics “intensely” during the November 2024 presidential campaign that assured Donald Trump's return to the White House.
According to the NY Times, which cited anonymous sources, Musk, who was a member of Trump's inner circle, had raised concerns about his alleged regular use of substances such as hallucinogenic mushrooms, ecstasy, and the anesthetic ketamine.
Amidst all the concerns, Musk reacted to the NYT's allegations on his platform, X, calling the report “bs.”
“I’m in meetings with dozens to hundreds of people every day and am photographed constantly. If this bs from NYT were true, it would have been EXTREMELY obvious 🤣🤣,” the Tesla CEO wrote on X.
Netizens react to Musk's response to NYT claims
Reacting to Musk's response, one X user Pierre Ferragu wrote: “The NYT’s hit piece on Elon is pathetic—UK tabloids have more class. Dressing up shoddy reporting in fancy prose is just cheap, dishonest nonsense.”
“It funny that they quoted your so-called “friend” Philip Low,” another commented.
“They'll now go through every photo and pieve of footage looking for funny expressions 😆,” the third user chimed in .
When Musk joined the White House as a senior adviser to Trump, who assigned him the responsibility of heading the Department of Government Efficiency, or DOGE, a position he resigned last week, it was unclear whether he was under the influence of narcotics, according to the NYT.
The drug usage, however, may account for “erratic behavior” such as delivering what was denounced as a “Nazi salute” during a rally and providing jumbled responses during an interview, the report suggested.
The report further claims that concerns regarding his drug usage, mood swings, and obsession with having more kids grew as he joined the political sphere.
The report mentioned how Musk had previously disclosed that he had been given ketamine for depressive symptoms, telling his biographer, “I really don't like doing illegal drugs.”
Trump told reporters that he was “not troubled” by Musk, but he was unaware of the billionaire's alleged drug use.
