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The Real Reason Elon Musk Donned Sunglasses For The Entire CPAC Meeting

Published on February 22, 2025

Elon Musk is constantly in the news these days, but some of the reasons he keeps making headlines include his ex-partner’s public entreaties to him on X and claims that he surreptitiously fathered a thirteenth child.

Elon Musk takes his job as head of the Department of Government Efficiency very seriously when he’s not attempting to save astronauts from the International Space Station or fending off claims that he’s a lousy father from his own father. While Musk does not hold a formal position at the White House, he does have some authority as a “special government employee.”

In addition to facing harsh public criticism, the head of DOGE has been ordered to delete financial records belonging to millions of Americans, despite his pledge to try and cut $2 trillion from government spending.

Musk’s recent targeting of Medicare at the Conservative Political Action Conference caused a stir throughout the globe, but it wasn’t the most outrageous incident involving the wealthiest guy in the world. Javier Milei, a Trump friend and the president of Argentina, gave Musk a golden chainsaw during one strange encounter. On the second day of CPAC, Milei gave Musk the chainsaw as a metaphor for the cuts he’s making to the federal government while she was on stage with Newsmax presenter Rob Schmitt.

Musk was eager to surpass what we considered to be the most bizarre moment—the Tesla CEO being shown a sci-fi photo of himself.

Others were perplexed by Musk’s overall look and the fact that he wore large sunglasses for the duration of the right-wing meeting.

In addition to sporting a gold chain and sunglasses, Musk wore a top that said, “I’m not procrastinating, I’m doing side quests.”

Musk became a series of soundbites, saying, “I am become meme,” at one point and then adding, “My mind is a storm.”

Elon Musk wore the same outfit he promised to wear last year if President Trump won and DOGE started operating.

He looks super cool with glasses and a gold chain around his neck! 😎 https://t.co/cJFPRrXyis pic.twitter.com/1jnG4A3NLq
— SMX 🇺🇸 (@iam_smx) February 20, 2025

While Grimes was popular at the moment, ‘ketamine’ was the second hot subject as X was inundated with allegations that the billionaire had used an illegal narcotic. Critics alleged he could hardly put a sentence together.

At least we now know why he wore sunglasses, as Musk confirmed that it had to do with a 2024 pledge he made if Donald Trump were to win the presidency again.

In another meme-worthy rant, “Musk doubled down on Trump’s claims that the Fort Knox gold depository isn’t real. The POTUS said he wanted to visit the military base to make sure the gold is there,” while Musk expanded at CPAC by saying: “We just wanna see it and make sure somebody didn’t spray paint lead or something.”

Musk was followed on the stage by former Trump advisor Steve Bannon, who has called Musk a ‘parasitic illegal immigrant’ that “wants to impose his freak experiments and play-act as God without any respect for the country’s history, values or traditions.” Although some were hoping for a Mike Tyson and Logan Paul-inspired clash between the pair, they didn’t share the stage.

Despite his detractors, Musk received numerous standing ovations and some of the conference’s loudest applause.