US President Donald Trump has broken his silence on claims of his one-time First Friend, Elon Musk, using drugs while leading the administration's initiative to slash government spending as Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) chief.

The billionaire had claimed in a post on Thursday that the president was named in the much-discussed Epstein files.

Meet the Press moderator Kristen Welker reports on her phone interview with President Trump, who says he has no interest in repairing his relationship with Elon Musk.

On Monday, Trump, a Republican, sent 700 U.S. Marines to Los Angeles to guard federal buildings as protests there continued. The marine battalion adds to California National Guard units Trump had already sent to the city to quell protests in defiance of Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom.

President Donald Trump is moving swiftly to act on his immigration promises with little internal restraint, determined to test the bounds of his executive authority in order to fulfill the promises of

California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) has argued that the deployment is “an illegal act, an immoral act, an unconstitutional act.”