(News Diaries)— The simple cover has the magazine’s signature red backdrop. It shows Musk with a cup of coffee in hand. He is positioned between the presidential desk and the American and presidential flags. The piece is from Simon Schuster and Brian Bennett
In yet another proactive move, Time Magazine released its latest print cover. It featured Tesla CEO Elon Musk behind the Resolute Desk in the Oval Office. This desk currently belongs to US President Donald Trump. The cover comes at a time when Musk has garnered a significant influence within the Trump administration. The President made him lead the new Department of Government Efficiency (Doge).
Many started questioning Musk’s influence since the department now has the power to gut the federal workforce. The simple cover displays Musk against the magazine’s signature red backdrop. He holds a cup of coffee in hand, and stands between the presidential desk and the American and presidential flags. The piece is from Simon Schuster and Brian Bennett.
“So far, Musk appears accountable to no one but President Trump. He handed his campaign benefactor a sweeping mandate. This was to bring the government in line with his agenda.,” Schuster and Bennett wrote, sharing the idea behind the cover. “DOGE directed all of TIME’s questions about its work to the White House, which declined to comment,” they furthered.
Trump shrugs it off
When asked about his take on the cover, Trump attempted to shrug off the question. The president mockingly asked whether the magazine was “still in business.” He claimed he hadn’t seen the latest issue.
Interestingly, Trump dismissed the Time cover. This occurred weeks after he had boasted about being named the magazine’s 2024 Person of the Year. It is an honour he’s long coveted. He first received it after winning the presidential election in 2017. Trump did not say much about the cover. However, he praised Musk for “finding tremendous fraud and corruption and waste.” This was after the Tesla CEO essentially shut down the United States Agency for International Development (USAID).
“He‘s got a fantastic staff,” Trump added about Musk’s DOGE team. They recently saw a staffer resign after his racist comments were exposed. However, Musk assured that the employer would be reinstated with Vice President JD Vance supporting the crusade.
This is not the first time Time magazine pushed an ally of Trump on the cover. They chose one of his close allies instead of the president himself. The Time Magazine’s 2017 cover featured his adviser Stephen K. Bannon at the height of his powers — “The Great Manipulator,” it read. According to The New York Times, the move annoyed Trump. Interestingly, Bannon was out of the White House the very next year.
Meanwhile, Musk was seen trying to damage control the situation. A few hours after the Time cover dropped, Musk posted on the social media platform he owns. He flattered the president by writing, “I love @realDonaldTrump as much as a straight man can love another man.”
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