President Donald Trump temporarily removes the 150-year-old Resolute Desk from the Oval Office to be refinished.

Tuesday’s press conference in the Oval Office was already unusual, with Elon Musk standing behind President Donald Trump at the Resolute Desk to talk about the Department of Government Efficiency – illustrating the power the world’s richest man now holds.

By Lib Campbell Time Magazine ran a cover picture of Elon Musk sitting behind the Resolute Desk, with the presidential flag and the United States flag framing him. A picture is worth a thousand words.

President Donald Trump is overhauling the federal government in ways big and small, including a refresh of his desk at the White House. Trump has ordered work done on the Resolute Desk, which has been used by presidents beginning with Rutherford B.

CNN contributor and Democratic strategist Paul Begala commented that a standing Elon Musk made Donald Trump —seated behind the Resolute Desk—look “so deferential” during their Tuesday press conference.

That’s why the iconic Resolute Desk has been temporarily removed from the Oval Office. Trump on Truth Social announced that the Resolute Desk needs refurbishing. So he’s had the desk moved out for now and replaced by what is known as the C&O desk,

The image is of Elon Musk sitting in a seat reserved only for the President of the United States: The Resolute Desk. If a picture is worth a thousand words, this cover is worth a million, but let’s see if I can break it down in fewer words than that.

Donald Trump and Elon Musk are acting as co-chief executives, according to a global business analyst — but she warned those partnerships never last.The tech mogul stood over the president, who was seated at the Resolute Desk,

Unelected Elon Musk has assumed control in DC, allowing his techbro gang of young incels (DOGE) full access to our personal information at Treasury and hitting the delete button on people’s livelihoods — even holding a weird presser in the Oval Office while our titular president sits quietly immobile at the Resolute Desk,

More and more, the president appears to be a puppet of the world’s richest man. During an Oval Office press conference on Monday, Donald Trump remained hunched over the Resolute Desk while Elon Musk took the reins,