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The deputy chief of staff of the White House, Stephen Miller, told CNN on Friday that he had no concerns about a report by the New York Times that Elon Musk consumed drugs more widely than before.
“I have no concerns, but I also believe that there is a press conference today with Elon Musk, so everyone will have the opportunity to ask these questions themselves,” Miller said at Pamela Brown in CNN in an interview.
He quickly pivoted to complete Musk’s efforts to reduce government spending as head of the Government Ministry.
“All I can say is that DOGE has done extraordinary work to enrall the systemic waste, the transplant, the rank and corruption of the federal government, and you will hear the president today, his thanks to Elon Musk for having directed this effort to save billions of dollars of taxpayers,” added Miller.
On Friday, the New York Times reported that Musk – which was an omnipresent presence at the White House as part of a broad mandate to reduce federal funding – “consumed drugs much more intense than what was previously known”, when it took importance in the inner circle of Trump in 2024, citing people familiar with its activities.
Times noted that it was not clear if this drug consumption extended to his time alongside Trump in the White House this year.
In an interview in 2024 with Don Lemon, Musk recognized that he had taken “a small quantity” of ketamine to treat negative moods, under a prescription, but that a strong workload prevented him from using too much. But Times reported that musk “often used ketamine, sometimes daily, and mixed it with other drugs”, according to familiar people.
CNN contacted the Musk representative. Neither Musk nor his lawyer responded to the request for Times comments on his drug use.
Friday, Miller – whose wife Katie Miller, a Doge’s advisor and spokesperson, also left her post and now works with Musk – would not say if a drug test was necessary for Musk during his mandate as a special government employee.
“The drugs that worry me are the drugs that cross the border of criminal cartels that kill hundreds of thousands of Americans,” Miller told CNN.