NYT: Elon Musk was a heavy drug user, mostly ketamine & ecstasy, last year

On Friday, Elon Musk was in the Oval Office with Donald Trump. I thought everyone swore up and down that Musk was leaving Washington, right? That he was done with DOGE and the federal government? This Trump-Musk joint appearance was supposed to be some kind of formal goodbye or send-off, only Trump has already told people that Musk is not really leaving, so there you go.

Interestingly enough, Musk turned up at the White House sporting a black eye. He claimed the shiner came from one of his many children punching him in the face. No one believes that, especially with the other gossip going around DC: that Musk is possibly having an affair with Katie Miller, wife of Trump’s favorite Nazi lizard Stephen Miller. Katie Miller was already working alongside Musk at DOGE, and now that Musk is “exiting,” she’s apparently leaving the government as well and going to work for Musk full-time in a private capacity. How long before she’s pregnant with a Muskrat child, you know? Someone said that Stephen Miller is left-handed too, which would explain Musk’s bruised right eye. Musk falling out with Stephen Miller might also explain the New York Times suddenly revealing that Musk was high as a f–king kite last year on the campaign trail:

As Elon Musk became one of Donald J. Trump’s closest allies last year, leading raucous rallies and donating about $275 million to help him win the presidency, he was also using drugs far more intensely than previously known, according to people familiar with his activities.

Mr. Musk’s drug consumption went well beyond occasional use. He told people he was taking so much ketamine, a powerful anesthetic, that it was affecting his bladder, a known effect of chronic use. He took Ecstasy and psychedelic mushrooms. And he traveled with a daily medication box that held about 20 pills, including ones with the markings of the stimulant Adderall, according to a photo of the box and people who have seen it.

It is unclear whether Mr. Musk, 53, was taking drugs when he became a fixture at the White House this year and was handed the power to slash the federal bureaucracy. But he has exhibited erratic behavior, insulting cabinet members, gesturing like a Nazi and garbling his answers in a staged interview.

[From The NY Times]

“It is unclear whether Mr. Musk, 53, was taking drugs when he became a fixture at the White House this year…” Is it really unclear though? This year, the man has continued to show up to events looking, sounding and acting like he is on a sh-tload of drugs. He even looked and acted high as a kite in the Oval on Friday! Anyway, I love how this is supposed to be some big shock. OMG, you mean Musk is on drugs all the time?? GTFO!

This was today… Sotally tober… NYT clearly way off base…

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53 Responses to “NYT: Elon Musk was a heavy drug user, mostly ketamine & ecstasy, last year”

  1. Caitlin says:

    Does anyone remember the SNL “Sprockets” sketch with Mike Meyers? Musk is a dead ringer for Meyers’ character “Dieter” lol.

    “Welcome to Sprockets I am your host Dieter”.

  2. Smile says:

    What a vile man.

  3. Jay says:

    The only part of this story that rings false to me is the very idea that Stephen Miller would ever confront or hit Musk, much less where it would leave a bruise.

    Miller is exactly the kind of slavering toadie that would probably be excited by the prospect of his wife getting close to a “Great Man” such as Musk. Yuck.

    • Visa Diva says:

      There’s no one to root for in the Musk-Miller-Miller mess. We can only hope they all take a.trip on one of Muskrat’s failed rocket launches

    • maisie says:

      also, there’s plenty of credible stories out there that Elroy is no longer *ahem* capable, thanks to a failed cosmetic surgery. that and the effects of ketamine. I guess now all the blame for Oval Office diaper smells will go back on Trump.

      *google Elroy’s name and “Himplant” for more

    • BeanieBean says:

      Steve Bannon said it was the Treasury Secretary, Bessent, who hit Musk. They were arguing about how Musk tanked the economy or something like that.

    • Megan says:

      Musk is on a path of total self destruction. He’s the world’s richest person and so utterly alone no one will intervene. He’s like a Greek tragedy.

    • NotMika says:

      Yeah there is no way it was Miller. That man is too weak to lift his hands over his head.

      • HuffnPuff says:

        You made me spit my drink out with that comment, NotMika! It’s so true. I wonder when Miller will go the MMA route to “reclaim his masculinity”.

    • NotSoSocialB says:

      We need to slueth out who is the southpaw- a leftie clocked him, it appears.

  4. Eleonor says:

    And this is a news because…
    What is astonishing to me is that he is still in charge of his companies, and the boards haven’t fired him.

    • Brassy Rebel says:

      He is actually alerted before drug testing. As a military contractor, this in itself is a serious breach of the rules.

    • Lady Esther says:

      White men continue to be allowed ALL THE PASSES IN THE WORLD. I mean, what would it take? To slit the throat of a baby on live TV?

      Meanwhile, if a woman breathes in the wrong way, she’s an abusive workplace bully, she must be fired immediately! Couldn’t possibly vote for a woman for President because reasons! I can design the space shuttle but I can’t do laundry or look for ketchup in the fridge without a woman’s help, that’s simply beyond anything someone could ask!

      Ugh. I just can’t anymore

      • Chrissy says:

        Truth! Especially about a woman breathing the the wrong way!

      • Eleonor says:

        Oh yes.
        White man privilege at its best…😒

      • Acclaim says:

        @ LadyEsther:

        I’m so furious & sick of these a-holes!

        NONE of this had to happen! We could have continued to work for a better, solid union & we could have offered so many amazing opportunities to our fellow Americans, yet, here we are!

        Every day, every hour or every few hours, all we hear about are a million little things & some very big things that are being implemented in order to dismantle our democracy.

        I’m really angry, & feel hopeless. It’s like democracy can no longer catch a break, & everything is stacked up against ALL of us, & I feel like we can’t overcome this because a segment of America’s population refuses to see how horrendous those for whom they voted for, are horrendous people.

        I’m profoundly & increasingly angry. I know I must find a way out of how I feel, but I just feel like I was a total idiot to have once believed deep down inside, we were all better than this & above this level of madness.

        I know I must find a way to disconnect from all of this, & attempt to not take it personally, however, that’s so difficult to accomplish currently, when there are a group of people behind the scenes & in front of the scenes who are dead set on making us into a country that is the worst of the worst.

        I’m angry AF about this, & haven’t yet found my power to fight back. I’m tired of fighting back against a contingency that refuses to understand how much they’re hurting others, & themselves as well, & I also know that if I don’t fight back, I too, become one of them.

        Is anyone else here truly struggling with their overall mental health since these a-holes got back in office?

        I ask, because I genuinely am, & I need a way out from taking all of this very personally. ❤️

    • bisynaptic says:

      🎯

    • Visa Diva says:

      Elon’s brother and James Murdoch are on Tesla’s board.

  5. Brassy Rebel says:

    The bruise could also come from falling down while high as a kite. Multiple explanations are possible with this freak. And Katie Miller has absolutely atrocious taste in men. Yuck! 🤢

    What I really want to know is why isn’t the court jester to the Mad King wearing a suit and tie in the Oval Office? 🤔 And just imagine what the media and their Republican masters would be doing if ANY of this was happening in President Biden’s or President Harris’s White House. 🤯💥

    • Jes says:

      She is a sociopath too. Her family feels the same way about her that millers, kennedys and trumps( mary) feel about them. I feel terribly sorry for her and millers baby and all of their children.

    • FancyPants says:

      People need to stop painting the MAGA women as unsuspecting victims. She is exactly where she wants to be, same as Cheryl and Melania. P.S. Don’t forget she has “YOLO” tattooed inside her mouth.

    • Bqm says:

      Katie miller is a crap person herself. She’s all in with her hubby’s beliefs. I mean, they met at the WH during the first administration.

  6. Giddyl says:

    That video! OMG! I think he’s hopped up on something all the time. I wonder if he and Orange Julius exchange drug tips. “I like to crush Adderal and snort it. How about you?” And these men have complete control of our government. *sob*

  7. Ciotog says:

    It truly sucks that Stephen Miller is left-handed. I don’t want him in our tribe.

  8. LolaB says:

    Also Trimix. Homegirl Elon needs that shot before screwing anyone.

    *shudder*

  9. LazySunday says:

    Unless I’m misunderstanding, a left-handed punch would result in a black left eye, not a right one. Mentally punch one of these dickheads and you’ll see what I mean.

    • DeeSea says:

      No, a left-handed punch would land on a person’s right eye. But I like your suggestion of mentally punching all of these dickheads over and over!

      • Anne Maria says:

        It depends what sort of a punch it was. Jab, hook, cross, uppercut…. So no definitive proof as to whether the black eye was caused by a leftie or a right hander. A shame it was just the one.

    • Jaded says:

      A left-handed punch would land on the right side of someone’s face. In order for it to land on the left side of someone’s face, the punchee would have to defensively turn his head (or body) immediately to the left.

    • Bumblebee says:

      Well, I’m a lefty and if I weirdly punched myself, then maybe I would hit my left eye? Definitely sounds like something Musk would do.

  10. Mireille says:

    Seriously Katie, of all the men in world that you want to be with, your choices are Nosferatu and Mars scum? Elno a heavy drug user? Anyone and everyone raise your hand if you’re shocked.

  11. Boxy Lady says:

    @Lazysunday Have you ever stood face to face with someone and say, tried to tell them they had something on the left side of their face, and they replied, “Your left or my left?”

    Standing face to face with someone, their left is diagonally opposite your left, not directly opposite, so a left-handed person would more easily hit the other person’s right side. However, if the punch-ee has their back to the left-handed puncher (e.g. the puncher has the punch-ee in a choke hold from behind), then yes, a left-handed punch could result in a black left eye.

  12. Fifee says:

    As low as addiction is to ketamine this guy seems to use it so much that he’s a junkie. Plus if he’s taking adderall, yet another stimulant, I’m quite sure there are other drugs on his rotation list. Whoever gave him that black eye, too bad they didn’t do a better job, that’s all I’m saying.

    I had a short appearance in my insta feed by someone who does great comedic stop motion animation of the goings on in the White House and it’s childish but oh so funny (imo) and this story was one of the latest shorts.

  13. Thena says:

    That bust of Abraham Lincoln looks like Abe is ashamed to even be there.

  14. SueBarbri33 says:

    If you want to understand The Trump Administration, you have to go back and look at The Apprentice. Trump always has two different teams working for him: one group is nothing but clowns and circuses who will do anything to gain Trump’s approval (Omarosa, Frankie Suits, whatever), while the others are always scarily competent robots who live and breath b-school jargon (Bill Rancic, Rebecca Jarvis, Tim Urban of Wait-but-Why fame etc). Elon thought he was in the second group, but he’s far too outwardly ridiculous (and self-promoting) to last long in the Trump orbit. I’ve read a million words on Donald Trump over the past 10 or so years, but nothing comes close to the insight I gathered from Jacob Clifton’s analysis of The Apprentice all those years ago on Television Without Pity. Elon was a useful idiot but his usefulness has expired. Dass it.

  15. Stef says:

    Dude is rolling in the White House video! Haven’t seen someone look and act like that since my rave days.

    Why does he always look like his human skin suit is slipping?

    Can’t believe his boards haven’t fired him yet. Glad someone got to punch his DB face!

  16. Tn Democrat says:

    I think the human shield demanded another spawn be used to protect the head and neck of this druggie freak and smacked him with a toy to get away. Or. Muskrat poked himself while high as a kite. He has already Jared-ed Tesla. The brand will never recover. He has given mango leverage to legally and socially destroy him. Can you imagine the videos “they” have of him high and behaving erratically behind the scenes if he is so stupid to appear this high in public? His fortune is their fortune now. When are the weird Evangelical magats going to start going stir crazy about the dozen(s) of kids this disturbed man has spawned since they are so opposed ro children being born out of wedlock and IVF? The Evangelicals break with the billinaires and the magat movement is done.

  17. Amy T says:

    “Blitzed,” by Norman Ohler, describes drug use in the Third Reich – meth in particular. None of this is going to end well for #teamsanity, but at least there’s entertainment while the ship of state sinks….
    {sighs}

  18. NotSoSocialB says:

    Last year?? That guy was rolling deep in his Oval Office “send off” just last week.

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