Elon Musk denies taking ketamine and other drugs on Trump’s campaign trail
Musk rejected a report which said the billionaire used so much ketamine that he developed bladder problems
The New York Times reported on Friday that the billionaire adviser to President Donald Trump used so much ketamine, a powerful anaesthetic, that he developed bladder problems.
The newspaper said the world’s richest person also took Ecstasy and mushrooms and travelled with a pill box last year, adding that it was not known whether Musk also took drugs while heading the so-called Department of Government Efficiency (Doge) after Trump took power in January.
In a post on Saturday on X, Musk said: “To be clear, I am NOT taking drugs! The New York Times was lying their a** off.”
He added: “I tried ‘prescription’ ketamine a few years ago and said so on X, so this not even news. It helps for getting out of dark mental holes, but haven’t taken it since then.”
Musk first dodged a question about his drug use at a bizarre farewell appearance on Friday with Trump in the Oval Office in which the Tesla and SpaceX boss sported a noticeable black eye as he formally ended his role as Trump’s main cost-cutter at Doge, which fired tens of thousands of civil servants.