Elon Musk’s most bizarre appearances as a consultant of Donald Trump

What happens when the richest and most powerful man in the world come together? Elon Musk and Donald Trump have given the answer in the past few months. Tesla boss Musk supported the Republican in the election campaign, Trump entrusted him with the newly created efficiency authority Doge after his victory in return and made Musk one of his closest confidants.

The billionaire called himself the “Best Buddy”, ie the best friend, of the president. Others saw in Trump and Musk a duo that wants to redesign the United States in the direction of an authoritarian state. Musk was considered a kind of “shadow president”. With Doge, he made radical deletions of staff and finances in state authorities – and sometimes caused chaos.

And there were also increasing tensions between Trump and Musk. The president’s customs policy did not taste the eccentric tech billionaire at all, and he made no secret of it. Musk was also “disappointed” by the new budget law, Trump’s favorite project. Now he is leaving as a “special government agent”. As it says.

“It will be his last day, but not really because he will always be there and will help us on all way,” said Donald Trump at the farewell on Friday. So it was only a short trip to politics for the richest man in the world – but enough time to produce some memorable appearances and pictures. You can see some of them in our photo gallery.

In the future, Musk wants to concentrate more on his work as head of the Tesla and SpaceX company. This should also be urgently needed: Especially at Tesla, image and sales figures have suffered seriously from Musk’s political activities.