Trump is reportedly complaining about Elon in private — and hates ‘President Musk’ joke

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President-elect Donald Trump has been complaining about his “first buddy” Elon Musk behind closed doors, according to a reporter.

Trump and Musk have become close in recent months, with the tech billionaire reportedly staying at a cottage just a few hundred feet away from the main house at Mar-a-Lago. Trump also tapped Musk to co-head the newly created Department of Government Efficiency.

But there appears to be trouble in paradise, according to New York Times reporter Maggie Haberman.

“Trump does complain a bit to people about how Musk is around a lot,” New York Times journalist said on the podcast “On with Kara Swisher” on Monday.

“Musk has been a major donor to Trump this campaign cycle and he’s sort of tied into various areas around Trump which makes things more complicated,” she said. Musk donated more than a quarter of a billion dollars to Trump’s campaign.

“Musk seems more willing to irritate Trump than a lot of other people have been and less concerned about what it might mean.

“It’s a fraught relationship and has potential for becoming even more so,” she said.

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