But insiders allege Musk, 53, was taking the powerful anesthetic, which is known to have hallucinogenic properties, so frequently that it was affecting his bladder, the bombshell report claims.
He also took ecstasy, psychedelic mushrooms and travelled with a daily pill box that contained about 20 different drugs, including Adderall, sources allege.
Those around him claim that his consumption blurred the lines between medicinal and recreational, with Musk allegedly having taken drugs at private gathering across the US and in at least one foreign country, according to the NYT report which was based on a series of texts the outlet reviewed, as well as interviews with insiders.
Musk has claimed in interviews that he only takes ‘a small amount’ of ketamine and that ‘I really don’t like doing illegal drugs’, but his erratic behaviors, including making an apparent Nazi salute at Trump’s election day event, seemingly suggest otherwise.
It is unclear if Musk was taking drugs when Trump put him in charge of the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), which he announced he was stepping down from on Wednesday.
Daily Mail has contacted representatives for Musk and the White House for comment, but did not immediately receive a response.
Musk’s aerospace firm SpaceX, which is a large government contractor, requires its workforce to be drug free and randomly administers drug test.
The tech billionaire however, would receive ‘advance warning’ of those tests, insiders with knowledge of the testing process told the newspaper.
It is unclear if Musk was forced to undergo drug testing by the White House, but Trump’s top aide Stephen Miller told CNN on Friday ‘I don’t have any concerns’ about the NYT’s explosive report.
Miller, noting that Trump would be hosting a joint press conference with Musk later in the day, said: ‘All I can say is that DOGE has done an extraordinary job rooting out systemic waste, graft, graft and corruption from the federal government.
‘And you’re going to hear from the president today his thanks to Elon Musk for leading that effort to save taxpayers billions of dollars.’
Miller was pressed again about the report after he arrived at the White House.
‘Are you concerned about drug use by Elon Musk?,’ a reporter asked, but Miller doubled down, saying: ‘The drugs that we’re concerned about are the drugs running across the southern border.’
In addition to his alleged drug habit, Musk’s stint at DOGE was intertwined with private legal battles involving his ex-partners and children.
Claire Boucher, known professionally as Grimes, is understood to be fighting with Musk over his public flaunting of their five-year-old son X, which she alleges violates the pair’s custody agreement.
He also was accused of fathering a secret 14th child with conservative influencer Ashley St. Clair. Musk has allegedly denied paternity of the child.
In recent weeks Musk had shown growing disillusionment with the obstacles faced by DOGE, even as it cut a brutal swath through the US bureaucracy.
He leaves far short of his original goal of saving $2 trillion dollars, with calculations suggesting he saved just one thousandth of that, despite tens of thousands of people losing their jobs.
Musk will now focus on his Space X and Tesla businesses, as well as his goal of colonizing Mars.
Trump hailed Musk as ‘terrific’ as he announced that they would hold a joint press conference on Friday as the SpaceX founder leaves DOGE.
‘This will be his last day, but not really, because he will, always, be with us, helping all the way,’ Trump said on his Truth Social network on Thursday.
But the warm words could not hide the open frustrations that Musk, had expressed in recent weeks about his controversial cost-cutting role.
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