With Donald Trump preparing to make his way back to the Oval Office, he’s been busy appointing his new top team for the White House.
This includes none other than Tesla and SpaceX boss Elon Musk, who will be heading up the new Department of Government Efficiency – or, yep... Doge.
His role will see him ‘dismantle’ US government bureaucracy and ‘slash excess regulations, cut wasteful spending, and restructure Federal Agencies’, with Trump describing the gig as the ‘Manhattan Project of our time’.
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In a statement, Musk said: “This will send shockwaves through the system, and anyone involved in Government waste, which is a lot of people!"
In response, social media users looking to mock Musk have taken it upon themselves to turn him into Trump’s ‘First Lady’, using the power of AI to reimagine him in Melania Trump’s upcoming role.
The joke was believed to have stemmed from author Stephen King, with social media users mistakenly believing he’d been banned from Twitter for his supposed part in the meme.
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However, he later clarified that he’d not only not been kicked off the platform, but he also wasn’t the instigator of the trend – however amusing he found it.
“I see there's a rumor going around that I called the Musk-man Trump's new first lady," he wrote.
“I didn't, but only because I didn't think of it. There's also a rumor going around that Muskie kicked me off Twitter. Yet here I am.”
While Musk certainly isn't due to take on the role of First Lady anytime soon, there has been some confusion around Melania after she was noticeably absent from a family photo following Trump's win.
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Before his victory was announced, she'd been seen by his side wearing huge black sunglasses, prompting wild conspiracy theories that Trump had hired a body double who was trying not to show her real face.
According to The Mirror, sources close to Melania claim that she ‘had no desire to return’ to life in the White House.
The source further claimed: "It is no secret Melania, by and large, loathed her time in the White House and that on leaving, she felt it cathartic.
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“She told those close to her she had no desire to return and instead focused first and foremost on being there for their son, Barron. Now he is at university. Melania has more time but no desire to use that time in Washington."
Topics: Donald Trump, Celebrity, Politics
Jess Hardiman