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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(128,387 posts) Sat May 31, 2025, 08:23 PM May 2025

'I am NOT taking drugs!' Musk denies damning report [View all]

Source: AFP

Elon Musk on Saturday denied a report that he used ketamine and other drugs extensively last year on the 2024 campaign trail.

The New York Times reported Friday that the billionaire adviser to President Donald Trump used so much ketamine, a powerful anesthetic, that he developed bladder problems.

The newspaper said the world's richest person also took ecstasy and mushrooms and traveled with a pill box last year, adding that it was not known whether Musk also took drugs while heading the so-called Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) after Trump took power in January.

In a post Saturday on X, Musk said: "To be clear, I am NOT taking drugs! The New York Times was lying their ass off."

Read more: https://www.yahoo.com/news/am-not-taking-drugs-musk-225133428.html

There are videos of you nodding off in oval office meetings.

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'I am NOT taking drugs!' Musk denies damning report [View all] Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin May 2025 OP

I will save two trillion dollars BOSSHOG May 2025 #1

Everyone can see he is high as kite 24/7. Irish_Dem May 2025 #5

Of course he says that. Srkdqltr May 2025 #2

Another pathological liar who lies every time his lips are moving. Irish_Dem May 2025 #3

I'm not drinking water.........at least not while I'm typing this. cstanleytech May 2025 #4

I'm not! I mean it! Stop telling me I am! Clouds Passing May 2025 #6

Okay prove it by Rebl2 May 2025 #7

The ass would probably be better off using drug addiction as an excuse for his cruddy behavior. Silent Type May 2025 #8

Uh huh. C_U_L8R May 2025 #9

That was the anomoly IbogaProject May 2025 #23

Then he's batshit crazy. sinkingfeeling May 2025 #10

Perfectly normal behavior... EarthFirst May 2025 #11

Stubby arms, huh? Ponietz May 2025 #15

Every chronological adult dances around in public with a chain saw, right? SheltieLover May 2025 #12

From what I could see, it was one of them gas-powered saws. usonian May 2025 #13

... SheltieLover May 2025 #14

It was a prop... Woodycall May 2025 #21

Drugs or severe brain dysfunction, eLon. Those are your choices. Grokenstein May 2025 #16

Go figure orangecrush Jun 2025 #33

Then you'll be suing NYT for defamation - right, Leon? 50 Shades Of Blue May 2025 #17

Hard to argue with such a respected businessman. truthisfreedom May 2025 #18

Those of us who grew up in the 60s know stoned when we see it, Elon. Attilatheblond May 2025 #19

Eric Clapton Sings the Musk Anthem. Jacson6 May 2025 #20

Wait a minute. No drug addict ever denied taking drugs before. Right? He must be clean. Iggo May 2025 #22

He has to be the most overrated person on the planet. ... littlemissmartypants May 2025 #24

"I'm just thinking" "No, you're on drugs. Normal people don't act that way" DBoon May 2025 #25

he lies as much as Trump does RussBLib May 2025 #26

Narrator: He's taking drugs underpants May 2025 #27

'I am NOT taking drugs!' Mr.Bee Jun 2025 #28

Piss test, Elon! BidenRocks Jun 2025 #29

Musky says the NY Times is lying their ass off? Dr. T Jun 2025 #30

He was holding them for a friend. I don't buy it. He ain't got no friends. twodogsbarking Jun 2025 #31

Yeah, Yeah, Yeah... GB_RN Jun 2025 #32

Not right at the moment of denial Marthe48 Jun 2025 #34

Have know very few well to do drug users acknowledge that republianmushroom Jun 2025 #35