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.

All the different hoaxes, and the new one is, ‘President Trump has ceded the presidency to Elon Musk,’” Trump said.

President-elect Donald Trump dismissed any suggestion that he’s being usurped by his high-profile billionaire ally Elon Musk during a speech at AmericaFest.

Donald Trump said Sunday that he will be president of the US — not Elon Musk. “No, he’s not taking the presidency,” Trump told a conservative audience in Phoenix, addressing growing complaints about the outsized role the Tesla boss has already had in his incoming administration.

President-elect Donald Trump dismissed claims that he is ceding the presidency to Elon Musk during a wide-ranging speech celebrating his election victory and sharing his plans for his second term. Trump spoke at Turning Point USA’s AmFest in Phoenix,

President-elect Trump on Sunday rejected the recent dubbing of tech billionaire Elon Musk as “President Musk” by Democrats. “No, he’s not gonna be president, that I can tell you,” Trump said at conservative group Turning Point’s “America Fest” in Phoenix,