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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Io Dodds

Elon’s wild ride at the White House: From DOGE and a chainsaw to one epic bust-up with Trump

"Do you want a little makeup? We'll get you a little makeup," said President Donald Trump to the world’s richest person, Elon Musk.

That, at least, was Trump's account of the moments before Musk went on camera in the Oval Office to end his term as a "special government employee" last May, sporting a black eye that he blamed on his five-year-old son, X Æ A-Xii.

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