Elon Musk appeared at exit press conference with black eye. Here’s what he said happened
Updated: 12:13 PM PDT May 30, 2025
Elon Musk sported a noticeable black eye Friday at the Oval Office press conference announcing his exit from the Trump administration. Musk is leaving his position spearheading the Department of Government Efficiency, and he’ll be rededicating himself to running his businesses, including electric automaker Tesla, rocket company SpaceX and social media platform X.President Donald Trump credited Musk with “a colossal change in the old ways of doing business in Washington” and said some of his staff would remain in the administration. Musk, who wore all black, including a T-shirt that said “The Dogefather,” nodded along as the president listed contracts that had been cut under his watch.“I think the DOGE team is doing an incredible job,” Musk said after accepting a ceremonial key from the president. “They’re going to continue to be doing an incredible job.”During the press conference, Reporters noticed a mark on Musk’s right eye, though. When asked about it, Musk said it was from “horsing around” with his son.”I was just horsing around with little X,” Musk said. “And I said, ‘Go ahead, punch me in the face,’ and he did.”Interjecting, Trump said, “X could do it. If you know X, he could do it.”Musk added, “I didn’t feel much at the time, but I guess it bruised up.” The Associated Press contributed to this report.
Elon Musk sported a noticeable black eye Friday at the Oval Office press conference announcing his exit from the Trump administration.
Musk is leaving his position spearheading the Department of Government Efficiency, and he’ll be rededicating himself to running his businesses, including electric automaker Tesla, rocket company SpaceX and social media platform X.
President Donald Trump credited Musk with “a colossal change in the old ways of doing business in Washington” and said some of his staff would remain in the administration. Musk, who wore all black, including a T-shirt that said “The Dogefather,” nodded along as the president listed contracts that had been cut under his watch.
“I think the DOGE team is doing an incredible job,” Musk said after accepting a ceremonial key from the president. “They’re going to continue to be doing an incredible job.”
During the press conference, Reporters noticed a mark on Musk’s right eye, though. When asked about it, Musk said it was from “horsing around” with his son.
“I was just horsing around with little X,” Musk said. “And I said, ‘Go ahead, punch me in the face,’ and he did.”
Interjecting, Trump said, “X could do it. If you know X, he could do it.”
Musk added, “I didn’t feel much at the time, but I guess it bruised up.”
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
