Elon Musk recently got a firsthand look at “Trump Derangement Syndrome” in action.
“You don’t realize how real this is until like it’s…you can’t reason with people,” he told Fox News' Sean Hannity in a joint interview with President Trump, explaining what happened when he brought up the president’s name at a dinner party ahead of the Nov. 5, 2024, election.
"I happened to mention the president's name and it was like they got shot with a dart in the jugular that contained like methamphetamine and rabies," he said.
🇺🇸 ELON: TRUMP DERANGEMENT SYNDROME IS REAL
— Mario Nawfal (@MarioNawfal) February 18, 2025
“This whole thing they call Trump Derangement Syndrome—you don’t realize how real it is until you see it.
You can’t reason with people.
I was at a quiet birthday dinner in LA, and I casually mentioned the president’s name.
It was… https://t.co/ft2IydL68f pic.twitter.com/bHT01lgiHr
In the interview, which will air Tuesday evening, Musk and Trump also shared how the media is trying to drive them apart.
🇺🇸TRUMP: THE MEDIA IS TRYING TO BREAK ELON AND ME APART; THEY’RE BAD AT IT
— Mario Nawfal (@MarioNawfal) February 14, 2025
“ Elon called me, he said, you know, they're trying to drive us apart.
I said, absolutely.
No, they said, we have breaking news, Donald Trump has ceded control of the presidency to Elon Musk.
President… pic.twitter.com/o2nwaK8QuI
Musk has unofficially been leading the Department of Government Efficiency's efforts cutting waste, fraud, and abuse in the federal government. So far, taxpayers have saved an estimated $55 billion, "which is a combination of fraud detection/deletion, contract/lease cancellations, contract/lease renegotiations, asset sales, grant cancellations, workforce reductions, programmatic changes, and regulatory savings," according to the DOGE website.
