PHOTO COLLECTION: Elon Musk

This is a photo collection curated by AP photo editors.

FILE – Elon Musk, departs a lunch between President Donald Trump and Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman at the Royal Palace in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, May 13, 2025. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)
FILE – Elon Musk, left, shakes hands with President Donald Trump at the finals for the NCAA wrestling championship, March 22, 2025, in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)
FILE – In this picture taken through a window, President-elect Donald Trump, from left, Trump’s pick for the planned Department of Government Efficiency Elon Musk and Vice President-elect JD Vance attend the NCAA college football game between Army and Navy at Northwest Stadium in Landover, Md., Dec. 14, 2024. (AP Photo/Stephanie Scarbrough, File)
FILE – Elon Musk carries his son X Æ A-Xii as they arrives on Air Force One with President Donald Trump, not pictured, at Miami International Airport, April 12, 2025, in Miami, Fla. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, File)
FILE – Elon Musk speaks at a town hall, March 30, 2025, in Green Bay, Wis. (AP Photo/Jeffrey Phelps, File)
FILE – Elon Musk flashes his t-shirt that reads “DOGE” to the media as he walks on South Lawn of the White House, in Washington, March 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana, File)
FILE – President Donald Trump and Tesla CEO Elon Musk speak to reporters as they sit in a red Model S Tesla vehicle on the South Lawn of the White House, March 11, 2025, in Washington. (Pool via AP, File)
FILE – President Donald Trump listens as Elon Musk speaks in the Oval Office at the White House, Feb. 11, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)
FILE – Elon Musk holds up a chainsaw he received from Argentina’s President Javier Milei, right, as they arrive to speak at the Conservative Political Action Conference, CPAC, at the Gaylord National Resort & Convention Center, Feb. 20, 2025, in Oxon Hill, Md. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana, File)
FILE – Elon Musk stands and is recognized and applauded as President Donald Trump addresses a joint session of Congress at the Capitol in Washington, March 4, 2025. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)
FILE – Elon Musk gestures as President Donald Trump addresses a joint session of Congress at the Capitol in Washington, March 4, 2025. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)
FILE – President Donald Trump speaks with Elon Musk as his son X Æ A-Xii looks on as they arrive on Marine One at the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, April 13, 2025. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana, File)
FILE – Elon Musk holds a painting after speaking at the Conservative Political Action Conference, CPAC, at the Gaylord National Resort & Convention Center, Feb. 20, 2025, in Oxon Hill, Md. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana, File)
FILE – Google CEO Sundar Pichai and Elon Musk arrive before the 60th Presidential Inauguration in the Rotunda of the U.S. Capitol in Washington, Jan. 20, 2025. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson, Pool, File)
FILE – Google CEO Sundar Pichai and Elon Musk arrive for the 60th Presidential Inauguration in the Rotunda of the U.S. Capitol in Washington, Jan. 20, 2025. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson, Pool, File)
FILE – Elon Musk, from left, White House chief of staff Susie Wiles and Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick walk to join President Donald Trump on Marine One on the South Lawn of the White House, March 7, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)
FILE – From left, Elon Musk, Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick, Steven Cheung and Stephen Miller walk to board Marine One with President Donald Trump on the South Lawn of the White House, March 14, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)
FILE – Elon Musk arrives on stage to speak at an indoor Presidential Inauguration parade event in Washington, Jan. 20, 2025. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)
FILE – Elon Musk, center, applauds as President Donald Trump addresses a joint session of Congress at the Capitol in Washington, March 4, 2025. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis, File)
FILE – President Donald Trump steps off from Marine One upon his arrival on the South Lawn of the White House, in Washington, March 22, 2025. White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt and Elon Musk speak inside the Marine One. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana, File)
FILE – Elon Musk, joined by his son X Æ A-Xii, speaks in the Oval Office at the White House, Feb. 11, 2025, in Washington, during an event with President Donald Trump. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)
FILE – Elon Musk holds a stuffed Air Force One toy after arriving with President Donald Trump on Marine One on the South Lawn of the White House, Feb. 19, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)
FILE – Elon Musk arrives to speak at an indoor Presidential Inauguration parade event in Washington, Jan. 20, 2025. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)
FILE – Elon Musk, with his son X Æ A-Xii, arrives on the dais with President-elect Donald Trump, at a rally ahead of the 60th Presidential Inauguration, Jan. 19, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)
FILE – Elon Musk reacts after President Donald Trump says America will put people onto Mars during a joint session of Congress in the House chamber at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, March 4, 2025. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson, File)
Elon Musk speaks at the Conservative Political Action Conference, CPAC, at the Gaylord National Resort & Convention Center, Thursday, Feb. 20, 2025, in Oxon Hill, Md. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)
FILE – President Donald Trump, left, and Elon Musk depart the White House to board Marine One en route to New Jersey, March 21, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein, File)
FILE – Elon Musk, left, X Æ A-Xii, Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick, back left, and Stephen Miller, right, wait as President Donald Trump speaks with the media before boarding Air Force One, March 14, 2025, at Joint Base Andrews, Md. (AP Photo/Luis M. Alvarez, File)
FILE – Elon Musk, left, X Æ A-Xii, center, Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick, back left, and Stephen Miller, right, wait as President Donald Trump speaks with the media before boarding Air Force One, March 14, 2025, at Joint Base Andrews, Md. (AP Photo/Luis M. Alvarez, File)
FILE – White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt and Elon Musk walk on the South Lawn of the White House, in Washington, March 22, 2025. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana, File)
FILE – Elon Musk, left, listens as President Donald Trump speaks during a cabinet meeting at the White House, April 30, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)
FILE – Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick, from left, White House chief of staff Susie Wiles and Elon Musk walk to join President Donald Trump on Marine One on the South Lawn of the White House, March 7, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)
FILE – Guests including Mark Zuckerberg, Jeff Bezos, Sundar Pichai and Elon Musk, arrive before the 60th Presidential Inauguration in the Rotunda of the U.S. Capitol in Washington, Jan. 20, 2025. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson, Pool, File)
FILE – President Donald Trump listens as Elon Musk, with his son X Æ A-Xii, speaks in the Oval Office at the White House, Feb. 11, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)
FILE – Elon Musk speaks during a cabinet meeting at the White House, April 30, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)
FILE – Elon Musk arrives before President Donald Trump addresses a joint session of Congress in the House chamber at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, March 4, 2025. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson, File)
FILE – From left, Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick, Elon Musk, Stephen Miller and Steven Cheung walk to board Marine One with President Donald Trump on the South Lawn of the White House, March 14, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)
FILE – Elon Musk speaks at a presidential inauguration event on behalf of President-elect Donald Trump in Washington, Jan. 20, 2025. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)
FILE – Elon Musk, left, and President Donald Trump, right, are seen through the windows as Marine One lands on the South Lawn of the White House, Feb. 19, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)
FILE – Elon Musk, joined by his son X Æ A-Xii, speaks in the Oval Office at the White House, Feb. 11, 2025, in Washington, during an event with President Donald Trump. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)
FILE – President Donald Trump listens as Elon Musk speaks in the Oval Office at the White House, Feb. 11, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)
Elon Musk, from left, Walt Nauta and White House chief of staff Susie Wiles depart the White House, Friday, Mar. 21, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)
FILE – Elon Musk, center, listens as President Donald Trump speaks during a cabinet meeting at the White House, April 30, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)
FILE – Elon Musk listens as President Donald Trump meets with India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi in the Oval Office of the White House, Feb. 13, 2025, in Washington. (Photo/Alex Brandon, File)
FILE – Elon Musk arrives to speak at an indoor Presidential Inauguration parade event in Washington, Jan. 20, 2025. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)
FILE – Elon Musk, joined by his son X Æ A-Xii, speaks in the Oval Office at the White House, Feb. 11, 2025, in Washington, during an event with President Donald Trump. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)
FILE – President Donald Trump listens as Elon Musk, joined by his son X Æ A-Xii, speaks in the Oval Office at the White House, Feb. 11, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)
FILE – Elon Musk waves as President Donald Trump addresses a joint session of Congress in the House chamber at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, March 4, 2025. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson, File)
FILE – Elon Musk and his son X Æ A-Xii walk on the South Lawn upon their arrival to the White House in Washington, April 13, 2025. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana, File)

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