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Donald Trump teased Elon Musk that he couldn’t get him to leave Mar-a-Lago following reports the Tesla billionaire had spent days hanging out at the president-elect’s Florida resort.
Speaking at a donor event at the Palm Beach estate, Trump quipped: “He likes this place. I can’t get him out of here. I like him here, too.”
Can Elon Musk and Donald Trump, two uber-alpha personalities, work together or will Musk go the way of so many others in Trump’s circle?Credit: AP
Trump’s comments come amid reports that the world’s richest man has spent the majority of his time at Mar-a-Lago since November 5 joining the Trump transition team for virtually every meeting and sharing many meals with the president-elect.
Although the Twitter (now X) and SpaceX owner briefly went home to his $US35 million ($54 million) mansion in Austin, Texas, The New York Times reported that he returned to Florida on Friday to eat on the Mar-a-Lago patio, roam the gift shop and spend time on the golf course alongside Trump.
Elon Musk seems to have been enoying his stay at Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate. Credit: AP
Trump aides have grown annoyed by the constant presence of Musk, who is said to have been far more hands-on than even some of his allies had thought, NBC reported.
According to some aides, he has played a more significant role in the transition period than Howard Lutnick and Linda McMahon, the two figures officially appointed to lead the process.
Musk has also sat in with the president-elect during phone calls with a number of world leaders, including Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine.