Donald Trump, Elon Musk perform duet of ‘God Bless America’ at Mar-a-Lago

President-elect Donald Trump and Elon Musk traded authorities for performance Wednesday night, joining opera vocalist Chris Macchio onstage astatine the “Winter White House” for a rousing rendition of “God Bless America.”

The philharmonic show came during a enactment astatine Mar-a-Lago successful Palm Beach arsenic portion of the ongoing festivities celebrating Trump’s imminent instrumentality to the Oval Office.

In a video shared by White House lawman manager of communications Margo Martin, Trump and his billionaire “first buddy” tin beryllium seen flanking Macchio, each 3 of them belting retired a rendition of the American classical successful beforehand of a delighted audience.

Both Trump and Musk tin beryllium seen gesticulating, raising their arms successful the aerial and bringing them backmost down again, portion Macchio hits his precocious notes. In the end, each 3 instrumentality hands and connection a bow earlier exiting the signifier together.

The clip was met with a scope of reactions online, galore of them gushing implicit the incoming president and the Tesla CEO.

“STOP I physically can’t emotion President Trump immoderate much than I already bash oregon I volition die,” 1 idiosyncratic wrote.

Others pointed retired Musk’s confused facial expressions and the information that helium appeared to support glancing astatine the nonrecreational opera singer, possibly for guidance.

“Elon doesn’t cognize the words,” different wrote connected Musk’s societal media level X.

Trump earlier this week announced Musk would caput a recently created Department of Government Efficiency — oregon DOGE — alongside onetime Republican statesmanlike wannabe Vivek Ramaswamy. Despite its name, an evident notation to the dogecoin cryptocurrency erstwhile championed by Musk, DOGE is not a authorities agency. Instead, the brace volition supply “advice and guidance” to the White House successful concern with the Office of Management and Budget.

Trump’s connection connected the substance quoted Musk arsenic saying that “this will nonstop shockwaves done the system, and anyone progressive successful Government waste, which is simply a batch of people!”

Elon Musk "has been seen astatine Mar-a-Lago astir each azygous time since Donald Trump won, eating with him connected the patio astatine times" and "weighing successful connected staffing decisions, making wide his penchant for definite roles," @kaitlancollins reports pic.twitter.com/iIueEaP7mi

— Brian Stelter (@brianstelter) November 11, 2024

The world’s richest antheral traveled to Mar-a-Lago to ticker the predetermination results travel successful past week and has reportedly spent “nearly each azygous day” since astatine Trump’s side, according to CNN.

“Elon won’t spell home. I can’t get escaped of him,” Trump joked during a gathering with lawmakers connected Wednesday. “At slightest until I don’t similar him.”