Billionaire Elon Musk was spotted sporting some unique footwear Friday as he stepped off a plane in Palm Beach, Fla., en route to President-elect Donald Trump’s White House transition nerve center.
Musk, 53, was driven to Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate after landing at Palm Beach International Airport.
The X, Tesla and SpaceX boss joined Trump in the president-elect’s phone conversation with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Wednesday.
Musk’s latest visit to Mar-a-Lago comes one day after the president-elect named his campaign co-chair Susie Wiles as his incoming White House chief of staff.
Wiles will become the first female White House chief of staff in US history.
When he stepped off a plane in Palm Beach, Florida, on Friday, billionaire Elon Musk was seen wearing some unusual shoes. en route to the White House transition nerve center for President-elect Donald Trump).
Dressed entirely in black, the wealthiest person in the world wore sneakers bearing the iconic SpaceX logo, which he created in 2002 for his rocket company.
The 53-year-old Musk was driven to Palm Beach International Airport and then to Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate.
After defeating Vice President Kamala Harris handily on Tuesday, the president-elect, who also unveiled his own “official sneaker” earlier this year, has been working behind closed doors at Mar-a-Lago to staff his incoming administration.
Musk, who supported the 78-year-old Trump for president following the Butler, Pennsylvania, assassination attempt on July 13. watched the election results roll in Tuesday night in Palm Beach alongside the president-elect.
The CEO of SpaceX, Tesla, and X joined Trump on the phone with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Wednesday.
According to Axios, Zelensky called his phone call with Trump “excellent,” but he was taken aback to discover that Musk was also on the line.
Throughout the campaign, Trump repeatedly hinted that Musk might play a significant role in his administration.
“The Secretary of Cost-Cutting will be our new role. In a Fox Business interview last month, Trump stated, “Elon wants to do that.”.
One day prior to Musk’s most recent trip to Mar-a-Lago, the president-elect announced Susie Wiles, his campaign co-chair, as his new White House chief of staff.
Wiles will be the first woman in US history to hold the position of chief of staff in the White House.
