--- title: "Trump Has Reportedly Been Sounding Off About Elon Musk’s Drug Use" description: "Now that Trump and Musk's once rosy relationship has devolved into a bitter feud, the president is looking to antagonize his former top ally." date: "2025-07-03" modified: "2025-07-03" authors: - name: "Victor Tangermann" job_title: "Senior Editor" link: "https://futurism.com/authors/victor" url: "https://futurism.com/the-byte/trump-sounding-off-elon-musk-drug-use" categories: - "Elon Musk" - "Future Society" - "The Industrialists" tags: - "donald trump" - "elon musk" - "ketamine" - "the digest" --- # Trump Has Reportedly Been Sounding Off About Elon Musk’s Drug Use ![Now that Trump and Musk's once rosy relationship has devolved into a bitter feud, the president is looking to antagonize his former top ally.]() *\Image: ROBERTO SCHMIDT/AFP via Getty Images\* ## Tip Off Author Michael Wolff, who has written several books about Donald Trump, claims the president is taking credit for tipping off the *New York Times* for [its exposé]() about billionaire Elon Musk's allegedly rampant drug use, the [*Daily Beast* reports](). In May, the newspaper reported that the mercurial CEO was [carrying a pill box]() of medications everywhere with him. It went as far as to quote sources who claimed that Musk [had been suffering from bladder issues]() due to his considerable ketamine consumption. Now that Trump and Musk's once rosy relationship has [devolved into a bitter feud](), the president is seemingly looking to antagonize his former top ally. "\[Trump's\] like, calling people to say, 'do you think Elon is crazy?'" Wolff told the *Daily Beast*. "In one of these phone calls — many of them — he was on about, you know, how many drugs he takes," he added. "He takes drugs all the time. You know that, don’t you?" According to Wolff, Trump said that "actually, we dropped a dime" to the *NYT* "on Elon's drug taking." "He is just claiming credit for that now," per Wolff. ## Bashing the Bill Of course, Wolff's observations should be taken with a sizable grain of salt. Even if Trump himself were quoted directly, the president has a long track record of [spreading misleading claims and falsehoods](). However, if there's anything to glean from Wolff's colorful commentary, it's that Trump and Musk's relationship is hitting an astonishing rock bottom. Per the author, the fallout between the two has entered "blood score" territory, indicating we're far from a truce. The news comes after Musk excoriated Trump's so-called "big, beautiful bill" as a "[disgusting abomination]()" and being "[utterly insane]()." He has vowed to [create his own "America Party]()" — independent of the Republican Party, which he has supported with hundreds of millions of dollars worth of donations — if the bill passes. Oh, did we mention that [it just did]()? Meanwhile, Trump has shot back, [threatening to "look into" deporting Musk]() and cutting him off all subsidies. "No more Rocket launches, Satellites, or Electric Car Production, and our Country would save a FORTUNE," Trump wrote in a characteristically rambling [Truth Social post]() earlier this week. "Perhaps we should have DOGE take a good, hard, look at this? BIG MONEY TO BE SAVED!!!" **More on the feud:** *[Elon Musk Says He Is So Sorry for His Horrible Behavior]()* ## Author I've been at Futurism since 2017, where my role has evolved to encompass design, writing, and increasingly editing. I've always been fascinated by space exploration and advanced transportation, which I've leaned into by interviewing luminaries in those fields while closely following the dimensions of policy and regulation that allow next-generation projects to succeed -- or, sometimes, to fail. I'm also keenly interested in the effects of generative AI on society, policies, and democratic institutions, as well as clean energy, physics and biology, and the vagaries of tech leadership. My work for Futurism has been cited by publications including Ars Technica, Gizmodo, PC Magazine, Jalopnik, Fox News, and the New York Post. I spent my childhood living in locations including Manila, the Philippines, and Geneva, Switzerland, attended McGill University, and now live in Toronto, Canada. Before Futurism I worked at AskMen and a small photography studio. In my free time, I'm an avid gardener, foodie, and craft beer lover, as well as a maker of artisanal hot pepper sauces. I have a magnificent dog named Freida. ### Author social links [Bluesky]()