Donald Trump has briefly changed the Resolute Desk within the Oval Workplace after Elon Musk’s son seemingly wiped a booger on it throughout their viral go to to the White Home final week.
The self-described “germaphobe” introduced on Wednesday that he’d despatched the desk to be “lightly refinished” and introduced one other desk in in the interim.
“A president, after election, gets a choice of 1 in 7 desks,” he wrote on Fact Social. “This [new] desk, the ‘C&O,’ which is also very well-known and was used by President George H.W. Bush and others, has been temporarily installed in the White House.”
The MAGA chief hosted his “First Buddy” Musk and the billionaire’s younger son for a Feb. 12 press convention in regards to the controversial Division of Authorities Effectivity (DOGE).
“This is X, and he’s a great guy, high IQ, high-IQ individual,” Trump stated, introducing the kid originally of the occasion.
Through the go to, the 4-year-old — whose full title is X Æ A-Xii — stood behind the Resolute Desk between his dad and the forty seventh president, selecting his nostril and showing to wipe the boogers on the furnishings.
Nattily wearing a tan peacoat and collared shirt, the puckish tot additionally made monster noises, caught his fingers in his dad’s ears, plopped himself on the ground and went eye to eye with Trump.
Elon Musk, accompanied by President Donald Trump, proper, and his son X Musk, speaks throughout an government order signing within the Oval Workplace on the White Home on Feb. 11, 2025 in Washington. (Photograph by Andrew Harnik/Getty Pictures)
Whereas many had been amused by the viral father-son outing, the kid’s mom made her disapproval identified.
“He should not be in public like this,” singer Grimes tweeted, seemingly lower than thrilled when she came upon through social media about her son’s White Home look.
The Canadian artist is the mom to 3 of Musk’s youngsters, who vary in age from beneath 1 to twenty years previous. He reportedly welcomed his thirteenth little one final fall with conservative writer Ashley St. Clair.
