Musk's son upstages Donald Trump who calls him 'a high IQ individual' in bizarre Oval Office moment

Elon Musk was successful the Oval Office connected Tuesday arsenic President Donald Trump signed an enforcement bid connected authorities spending but his lad ended up stealing the show

During an enforcement bid signing lawsuit successful the Oval Office connected Tuesday, hosted by President Donald Trump and billionaire Elon Musk, Musk's lad seemed to bargain the limelight. In a unusual moment, the president adjacent referred to the young lad arsenic a "great guy, high-IQ individual. "

The enforcement bid directs national agencies to comply with Musk's Department of Government Efficiency oregon DOGE successful their efforts to slash authorities spending. As Musk was addressing reporters with his lad successful beforehand of him, the lad appeared to accidental thing to the president and Trump seemed to angrily crook away.

The lad past appeared to accidental thing other and Trump reached retired to him successful an evident effort to quiescent the kid portion his begetter was speaking. At 1 constituent the kid besides appeared to prime his nose, this is mean behaviour for a kid of his age, but possibly not successful the Oval Office.

Musk has antecedently made a constituent of bringing his son, named X Æ A-Xii, but Musk usually refers to him simply arsenic X, to galore events during the campaign. Many connected societal media were speedy to criticise Musk for bringing his lad on connected Tuesday, immoderate adjacent saying that helium is utilizing the kid arsenic a "prop."

Elon Musk is facing absorption from national courts regarding entree to delicate Treasury Department records and efforts to enactment thousands of USAID employees connected leave.

US District Judge Carl Nichols, appointed by Trump, blocked an bid that would person abruptly placed overseas USAID workers connected administrative leave, requiring them to relocate backmost to the U.S. wrong 30 days astatine authorities expense.

The pursuing day, U.S. District Judge Paul A. Engelmayer prevented DOGE from obtaining Treasury Department records containing idiosyncratic information similar Social Security and slope relationship numbers of millions of Americans.

Shortly aft a associated property league betwixt Musk and Trump, a national appeals tribunal refused to halt a judge's bid that mandated the merchandise of billions successful national grants and loans, which states assertion are inactive frozen contempt a tribunal blocking a wide intermission connected national funding. The Boston-based 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals denied the exigency entreaty but anticipated the little tribunal justice would swiftly clarify his order.

The Justice Department decried the broad little tribunal bid to support the travel of each national grants and loans arsenic "intolerable judicial overreach."