The billionaire is also alleged to have used ecstasy and psychedelic mushrooms — and sources suggest it could have affected his work at DOGE

The world’s richest man, who put about $288 million towards Trump’s re-election campaign last year and has been a key member of his inner circle since, also carried around packaging labelled as Adderall pills, a stimulant used to treat attention deficit hyperactivity disorder and other conditions, according to photographs seen by the publication.

Musk stepped down from his role in government this week as his contracted time as a special government employee came to an end, and has lamented the criticism aimed at the cost-cutting agency and the reputational damage his companies took.

Musk was asked about the New York Times article in an appearance at the White House alongside Trump on Friday. “Is that the same publication that got a Pulitzer Prize for false reporting on the Russiagate?” he replied, referring to claims that Trump had been compromised by Russia during his 2016 presidential election victory. “Is it the same organisation? Let’s move on.”

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    I don’t like this theory, cause it implies that everything he has done is because of the drugs, and not because he’s a megalomaniac narcissistic greedy moron.

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      My theory is that his PR people are “leaking” these stories that he can rebuild his image as a recovering addict. This will let them craft a sympathetic story and they will hope that we’ll forget that he’s a racist asshole.

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        Bingo, he’s the fall man for the White House right now. If you view American politics under the lens of professional wrestling it makes a lot of sense. Musk is doing a heel turn so he attracts more flak on his way out.

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        I think this is partway to the truth.

        This is also PR for Trump, who should still hold the majority of the blame for the disastrous DOGE firing spree and violations of private data on citizens. You know, for letting this billionaire Nazi prick buy his way into the White House in the first place.

        Instead, they’ll say Trump thought Muskrat had a good head on his shoulders and didn’t realize Elon was so drugged out and causing problems. Poor Trump just had no idea.

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        Either a hero when it works, or a victim when it doesn’t, never any personal accountability.

        Typical Narcissist/Sociopath (i.e., giant cunt).

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        My theory is that his PR people are “leaking” these stories that he can rebuild his image as a recovering addict.

        If he wants to use this angle in my mind he’s going to have to do way more than a weekend at Betty Ford. If he retracts his antagonism for unions at his plants and rehires those he fired would be a start. He’d also have to do a full 180 and admit how hard the work of government is and his actions with DOGE were more destructive than constructive. He’d had to publicly apologize for his behavior and provide restitution to all those his actions negatively impacted. A big part of that would be fighting against the trump administration and its attacks on racial and gender minorities.

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      Exactly, it lowers inhibitions, it doesn’t carve a completely different asshole.

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        But people with Narcissistic Personality Disorder (and related Cluster B disorders) have been known to come out of the psychedelic experience with an even bigger egomaniacal God complex than they had going into the experience, counterintuitively.

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          I came out with “nothing matters” but to me that was good cause I was full of anxiety. I suppose if you’re rich as fuck, you don’t have real-world anxiety, and you come out with the same as me, that could be pretty dangerous.

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          Yeah, that makes sense now that I think about it. I used to think it would make them more sympathetic and empathetic towards people other than their selves, but that’s clearly not the case for everyone.

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      He’s a drug addict, it’s not a theory he’s on hella drugs, he IS on hella drugs

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      Yep, the drugs aren’t a cause, they are an effect of being a greedy, narcissistic, megalomaniac, moron.

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      being a megalomaniac narcissistic greedy moron is why he’s taking K and keeping himself in a manic, delusional state without being able to tell why everyone is so mad at him.

      a narcissist really can’t understand that they did wrong, they’re able to bend every other belief except that one.

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      Also, is there any proof. There’s so many articles that it gets old quick. And as a base we don’t really create memes or content to keep this stuff fresh

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    sources suggest it could have affected his work at DOGE

    What? He aced his work at DOGE.

    He stripmined all the data and halted the regulatory investigations into his companies.

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    this is being leaked to press because the people in the white house who had to deal with Elon HATE him and NEVER want him back, and desperately want him to be the fall guy for all the terrible things Trump’s admin did and is doing. part of me wishes he was kicked out, but another part enjoys the suffering he causes for the terrible people orbiting the white house

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      I think they’re just setting up a defense for all the illegal activity, so when they investigate, they’ve got a get out of jail free, card. Not that he would go to jail with the amount of money he has.

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    I don’t think there’s an amount of ketamine that would have me doing this, though, even by accident…

    elon hitler salute gif

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      Idk. I told the doctors and nurses to tell all the girls I had big crushes on (individually, by name) that I loved them even though I was dying and I would protect them like an angel.

      I wasn’t actually dying, I was having a minor procedure and a hypersensitive reaction to the drug.

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        That is not even close to the same thing as giving two consecutive Nazi salutes in front of millions of people.

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          No. No it’s not. In fact, I would say Ketamine doesn’t cause people to become Nazis.

          I would say that Ketamine lets your inner self get exposure.

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    Okay, forget his bladder. Let’s talk about the effects on what pretends to be his brain.

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    Patients with ketamine abuse can present with urinary frequency, nocturia, urgency, incontinence, cystitis, bladder or loin pain and haematuria, which are debilitating symptoms causing a profoundly negative impact on quality of life [2]. Pain can promote the further use of ketamine or other recreational drugs to help suppress distressing symptoms, so compounding the condition. Onset of urinary symptoms is typically delayed from the time ketamine is first used, and the severity of symptoms appears to be related to the quantity and duration of drug intake [3].

    https://www.baus.org.uk/_userfiles/pages//files/News/Newsletters//W22 - BJUI consensus article.pdf

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      No wonder he has to use IVF to impregnate all of his baby mamas, he’s probably got a catheter in every time he’s not in his piss dungeon safe spaces.

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      In order to develop bladder issues, people need to abuse Ketamine frequently for a longer time and with high doses. Just doing it on weekends at parties wont cause such issues for a long time. Also Ketamine develops a crazy tolerance.

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    First Xanax, now ketamine. Is there a drug out there that doesn’t make people go on racist ourbursts?

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    Well, I guess there goes the old theory of giving people in control psychedelics and MDMA and having it turn them around and become more empathetic.

    Also, I’ve heard the bladder issues excessive ketamine causes is incredibly painful and I would normally have some sympathy for someone with the condition, but I really find it lacking when it’s concerning someone who has caused so much chaos and harm.

    Edit: spelling

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    Based on what I know Ketamine does to a person’s behaviors, taking enough to enjoy it yet not enough to see mouse people leads me to believe he’s actually much worse of a person behind closed doors and sober.