Elon Musk joined President Donald Trump in the Oval Office to mark his last official day with DOGE where the billionaire appeared to have a literal black eye as he made his departure from the White House.
The world’s richest man stood alongside Trump as he made remarks and the pair took questions.
Musk, wearing his standard black baseball cap, this one reading “DOGE” and t-shirt under his jacket, had bruising around his right eye.
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Finally, a reporter referenced the black eye and asked Musk if his eye was ok.
First Musk joked that he wasn’t anywhere near France, a reference to the recent viral video of the French First Lady pushing French President Emmanuel Macron in the face.
However, then Musk’s explanation got even weirder.
“I was just horsing around with little X, and I said ‘go ahead, punch me in the face,’ and he did,” Musk explained.
X is the tech billionaire’s five-year-old son who has regularly appeared with Musk and the president at the White House.
“Turns out, even a five-year-old punching you in the face actually,” Musk continued before being interrupted by Trump.
“That was X that did that?” the president asked. “X could do it. If you knew X, he could do it.”
While X has regularly been spotted hanging out inside the Oval Office as his dad met with Trump and tagged along for visits to Capitol Hill, he was notably absent during the farewell remarks on Friday.
Musk explained his absence by saying he was with his mom.
The tech billionaire added that he didn’t really “feel much” at the time when they were horsing around, but then it bruised.
Musk might be heading out as an official “Special Government Employee” but he vowed on Friday that the work of DOGE would continue.
“The DOGE team will only grow stronger over time. The DOGE influence will only grow stronger,” Musk insisted.
Musk, decked out in a shirt that read “The Dogefather” similar to “The Godfather” called it a “way of life.”
