Wild photo of Elon Musk and Tucker Carlson wearing massive MAGA caps at the White House sets internet ablaze

Elon Musk and Tucker Carlson sported monolithic MAGA hats arsenic they visited President Donald Trump astatine the White House.

The brace were captured walking with Trump on the South Portico successful a photograph posted to the president's authoritative X relationship connected Friday.

Carlson is laughing successful the picture, portion each 3 men are giving Trump's trademark thumbs-up. 

Musk separately posted a representation of himself Thursday nighttime successful the Oval Office, alongside the Resolute Desk, wearing the oversized reddish shot cap. 

Carlson was spotted by reporters entering the West Wing connected Thursday. 

His son, Buckley Carlson, was precocious hired to beryllium a spokesperson for Vice President J.D. Vance. 

The pictures led to laughs and compliments from Trump's MAGA supporters. 

But connected Friday, Trump recovered himself peppered with questions astir Musk - including what the president thought astir the billionaire being portrayed connected the Time mag screen sitting down 'your Resolute Desk.'

The question came successful the Oval Office portion Trump was gathering with Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba. 

'Is Time Magazine inactive successful business? I didn't adjacent cognize that,' Trump dryly responded. 

He added: 'Elon is doing a large job. He's uncovering tremendous fraud and corruption and waste,' the president added, pointing to the enactment the billionaire has done collapsing USAID. 'He's got a unit that's fantastic. He's wanted to bash this for a agelong time.' 

On Friday morning, Musk was hurling a lovefest successful the president's direction. 

Musk 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.' 

'I emotion @realdonaldtrump arsenic overmuch arsenic a consecutive antheral tin emotion different man,' Musk besides professed connected X. 

That prompted a question from Fox News' Peter Doocy during the day property league with Ishiba. 

Doocy asked if the archetypal woman was OK with Musk's pronouncement. 

'Oh I deliberation she'll beryllium OK with it, somehow,' Trump said. 

Trump was asked a fig of different Musk-related questions during the 37-minute property league - the 2nd the president held this week with a overseas leader.

Doocy besides asked if a DOGE technologist who was fired for 'inappropriate posts' - they were racist successful quality - should beryllium be rehired, thing that Vice President J.D. Vance had said earlier Friday connected X. 

'Did you accidental that?' Trump asked Vance, who was successful the audience. 'I'm with the vice president.' 

Trump besides confirmed that he'd let Musk to spell done Pentagon spending. 

'Pentagon, education, conscionable everything. Just everything,' Trump answered. 

Musk came up again arsenic NBC News asked astir the disapproval from Democrats that Musk and DOGE were engaged successful an 'unlawful powerfulness grab.' 

'Is determination thing you've told Elon Musk, helium cannot touch?' Trump was asked. 

Trump answered that the 2 hadn't discussed that much. 

'I'll archer him to spell here, spell there, and helium does it, helium has a precise susceptible radical of people. Very, precise capable. They cognize what they're doing,' Trump said.

'They'll inquire questions and they'll spot instantly if idiosyncratic gets tongue-tied that they're either crooked oregon don't cognize what they're doing.'