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Trump Had This ‘WTF’ Reaction To Elon Musk’s Cringey Jump For Joy, New Book Reveals

President Donald Trump was “bewildered” after billionaire Elon Musk awkwardly leaped on stage during his first appearance at a campaign rally with the then-GOP candidate in October, author Michael Wolff reportedly reveals in his new book “All or Nothing: How Trump Recaptured America.”

“What the fuck is wrong with this guy?” said Trump following the rally move by Musk, according to an excerpt of Wolff’s book quoted by The Daily Beast.

“And why doesn’t his shirt fit?”

Musk — whose “Occupy Mars” shirt lifted as he raised his hands above his head during his jump for joy — was roasted over the bizarre appearance at a rally marking Trump’s return to Butler, Pennsylvania, the site of an assassination attempt against him just months prior.

Elon Musk jumps on the stage as Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump speaks at a campaign rally on Oct. 5, 2024, in Butler, Pa.

via Associated Press

Wolff wrote that the future head of the Department of Government Efficiency was asked if he wanted to meet JD Vance, at the time but the billionaire expressed that he “really” had “no interest in speaking to a vice president,” per The Daily Beast.

Wolff’s book also claims Musk was “wandering about by himself, with only a thin layer of assistants or security” at the rally, and was offered a “bag of pretzel sticks” to satisfy his hunger.

White House communications director Steven Cheung, in a comment to The Daily Beast, referred to Wolff as a “lying sack of shit” who has been “proven to be a fraud.”

“He routinely fabricates stories originating from his sick and warped imagination, only possible because he has a severe and debilitating case of Trump Derangement Syndrome that has rotted his peanut-sized brain,” Cheung said.

Elsewhere in the book, Wolff reportedly revealed that Trump was considering choosing a woman to be his running mate, including Fox News hosts Maria Bartiromo and Harris Faulkner.

Musk would go on to tell the president that “his support for the ticket was contingent” on Trump picking Vance, the author wrote.

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Check out more reporting on Wolff’s new book at The Daily Beast and The Guardian.

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