US President Donald Trump on Monday responded cautiously to recent reports alleging Elon Musk used recreational drugs while advising his administration, calling the claims troubling but unverified."I really don't know.

The newspaper says the Tesla and SpaceX CEO, who said earlier this week he was leaving the Trump administration after his work with DOGE, was using drugs "far more intensely than was previously known" as he became a close ally of the president near the beginning of his second term.