The billionaire is also alleged to have used ecstasy and psychedelic mushrooms — and sources suggest it could have affected his work at DOGE

The world’s richest man, who put about $288 million towards Trump’s re-election campaign last year and has been a key member of his inner circle since, also carried around packaging labelled as Adderall pills, a stimulant used to treat attention deficit hyperactivity disorder and other conditions, according to photographs seen by the publication.

Musk stepped down from his role in government this week as his contracted time as a special government employee came to an end, and has lamented the criticism aimed at the cost-cutting agency and the reputational damage his companies took.

Musk was asked about the New York Times article in an appearance at the White House alongside Trump on Friday. “Is that the same publication that got a Pulitzer Prize for false reporting on the Russiagate?” he replied, referring to claims that Trump had been compromised by Russia during his 2016 presidential election victory. “Is it the same organisation? Let’s move on.”

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    this is being leaked to press because the people in the white house who had to deal with Elon HATE him and NEVER want him back, and desperately want him to be the fall guy for all the terrible things Trump’s admin did and is doing. part of me wishes he was kicked out, but another part enjoys the suffering he causes for the terrible people orbiting the white house

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      I think they’re just setting up a defense for all the illegal activity, so when they investigate, they’ve got a get out of jail free, card. Not that he would go to jail with the amount of money he has.

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    sources suggest it could have affected his work at DOGE

    What? He aced his work at DOGE.

    He stripmined all the data and halted the regulatory investigations into his companies.

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    Patients with ketamine abuse can present with urinary frequency, nocturia, urgency, incontinence, cystitis, bladder or loin pain and haematuria, which are debilitating symptoms causing a profoundly negative impact on quality of life [2]. Pain can promote the further use of ketamine or other recreational drugs to help suppress distressing symptoms, so compounding the condition. Onset of urinary symptoms is typically delayed from the time ketamine is first used, and the severity of symptoms appears to be related to the quantity and duration of drug intake [3].

    https://www.baus.org.uk/_userfiles/pages//files/News/Newsletters//W22 - BJUI consensus article.pdf

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      No wonder he has to use IVF to impregnate all of his baby mamas, he’s probably got a catheter in every time he’s not in his piss dungeon safe spaces.

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      In order to develop bladder issues, people need to abuse Ketamine frequently for a longer time and with high doses. Just doing it on weekends at parties wont cause such issues for a long time. Also Ketamine develops a crazy tolerance.

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    Okay, forget his bladder. Let’s talk about the effects on what pretends to be his brain.

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    Well, I guess there goes the old theory of giving people in control psychedelics and MDMA and having it turn them around and become more empathetic.

    Also, I’ve heard the bladder issues excessive ketamine causes is incredibly painful and I would normally have some sympathy for someone with the condition, but I really find it lacking when it’s concerning someone who has caused so much chaos and harm.

    Edit: spelling

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    Based on what I know Ketamine does to a person’s behaviors, taking enough to enjoy it yet not enough to see mouse people leads me to believe he’s actually much worse of a person behind closed doors and sober.

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    First Xanax, now ketamine. Is there a drug out there that doesn’t make people go on racist ourbursts?

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      Agreed, this is ultimately fantastic news, if true. Fuck that guy and I hope his various organs just give up one by one. Or all at once. He’s a wildly destructive loser of a man.

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    I honestly hope he isn’t gone so he continues to do an insane amount of drugs and fucking cooks his peanut of a brain so much he either dies or goes into a coma.