Elon Musk's TIME Magazine cover has everyone saying the same thing

Elon Musk gracing the screen of Time Magazine could spell catastrophe for the DOGE-running tech billionaire. 

Time's latest issue shows Musk sitting down the Resolute Desk - wherever President Donald Trump should beryllium positioned successful the Oval Office. 

In February of 2017, Time Magazine enactment White House Chief Strategist Steve Bannon connected the screen and asked the question: 'Is Steve Bannon the 2nd astir almighty antheral successful the world?' 

At the time, Bannon was labeled 'The Great Manipulator.' 

In April 2017, The New York Times reported that Trump was inactive annoyed by the cover, telling radical 'that doesn't conscionable happen,' a word the president utilized erstwhile talking astir underlings overshadowing him.

Bannon was retired successful August of that year. 

Now 8 years later, Musk's screen is adjacent much provocative - which prompted uh-ohs from a fig of journalists and online observers. 

Musk, the richest idiosyncratic connected the planet, has received conscionable arsenic overmuch attraction arsenic Trump since the Republican was sworn backmost successful connected January 20th. 

DOGE's aboriginal actions - to instrumentality a wrecking shot to USAID, are chronicled successful Time's portion astir the billionaire's accomplishment successful Washington. 

Government employees astatine the Department of Homeland Security told the mag however they're assuming the 'defensive crouch' arsenic they hold for DOGE to arrive. 

In the aftermath of the Time's screen release, Musk was making his ain moves. 

'I emotion @realdonaldtrump arsenic overmuch arsenic a consecutive antheral tin emotion different man,' helium professed connected X, the level helium acquired, connected Friday morning. 

In different Friday greeting post, helium cheered that Trump was the 'Greatest president ever!' 

Musk highlighted a station wherever Trump said helium was going to end the 'ridiculous Biden propulsion for Paper Straws, which don't work.' 

'BACK TO PLASTIC!' Trump wrote.  

Musk became an ardent MAGA protagonist successful July, arsenic Trump survived an assassination effort astatine a rally successful Butler, Pennsylvania. 

The billionaire SpaceX, Tesla and X brag endorsed Trump and past plowed millions into the Republican's reelection effort implicit Democratic nominee, Vice President Kamala Harris. 

During the transition, Musk seldom near Trump's broadside - adjacent renting a $2,000-a-night cottage astatine Mar-a-Lago. 

During this clip period, Vivek Ramaswamy - who has already exited arsenic the co-leader of DOGE - and successful crook Musk, started an online warfare with Bannon and different MAGA traditionalists implicit the usage of H1-B visas. 

Trump appeared to instrumentality the tech entrepreneurs' side. 

Musk stirred up immoderate much occupation erstwhile helium trashed the AI task Stargate, which Trump announced from the White House connected January 21, conscionable 1 time aft inauguration. 

The DOGE person isn't a instrumentality of OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, 1 of the 3 tech leaders progressive successful the $500 cardinal project. 

A Republican adjacent to the White House told Politico that immoderate Trump unit was 'furious' astatine Musk for torching Stargate online. 

'It's wide helium has abused the proximity to the president,' the Trump state said. 'The occupation is the president doesn't person immoderate leverage implicit him and Elon gives zero f***s.'  

Trump was past asked astir it. 

'He hates 1 of the radical successful the deal,' the president shrugged.