Elon Musk, accused of juggling between drugs and family drama while campaigning for Donald Trump

Elon Musk became one of Donald Trump's main allies last year, driving noisy rallies and donating about 275 million dollars to help win US presidential elections, but at the same time consumed drugs more intensely than previously known, people familiar with his activities for The New York Times.

According to the American publication, Elon Musk's drug use far exceeded the level of occasional consumption. He told people that he was taking so much ketamine, a strong anesthetic that he affected his bladder, an effect of chronic consumption. Consume ecstasy, psychedelic mushrooms and traveling with a box of daily drugs in which he had about 20 pills, including some with the Adderall stimulant marking, according to a photo of the box and some people who saw it.

It is unclear whether Musk (53 years old) consumes drugs when it became a constant presence at the White House this year and was handed the power to reduce federal bureaucracy, but has shown unstable behavior, insulting members of the cabinet, making a Nazi gesture and expressing confusing in a directed interview, writes NYT.

At the same time, according to NYT, Musk's family life became more and more tumultuous, with romantic relationships that have overlapping legal battles that involve his children.

Elon Musk announced on Wednesday night that he was completing his mandate in the Government, after having complained about the time he spent with politics instead of dealing with business.

Elon Musk and the White House refused to comment on the subject

Musk and his lawyer did not respond to this week's commentary requests on drug use and personal life. Previously, he had stated that he was prescribed ketamine for depression, consuming about two weeks, and told his biographer: “I do not like to use illegal drugs.”

The White House refused to comment on Musk's drug use. In a press conference with US President Donald Trump on Friday, Musk was asked about NYT reports and questioned the newspaper's credibility.

As a great government contractor, Musk's aerospace company, Spacex, must have employees who do not use drugs, performing random drug tests. However, people close to the process claim that Elon Musk has received prior warnings about tests. The company did not answer the questions about the alleged warnings.

Elon Musk, who entered the president's close circle after making a huge fortune of cars, satellites and rockets, is known for a long time for the grand stations and the changing personality, writes NYT. Its supporters see it as an eccentric genius, whose key to success is the style of radical management.

However, when he entered the political arena, according to the American publication, some people who knew him worried about his frequent drug use, mood changes and his fixation to have more children. This account of his behavior is based on private messages obtained by NYT, as well as interviews with over a dozen people who have known or worked with him. This year, some of the friends renegade him, invoking his conduct from the public space.

“Elon has increasingly pushed the limits of his inappropriate behavior,” said Philip Low, a neuro -cert and former friend of Mr. Musk, who criticized for a gesture similar to a Nazi greeting.

Conflicts with former partner

One of his former partner, Claire Boucher, the musician nicknamed “Grimes”, struggles with him for the custody of their 5 -year -old son, of which Elon Musk is very attached and which he took to the Oval Office and to great interest, transmitted worldwide.

Boucher cried in private that public appearances have violated an agreement on custody, through which she and Elon Musk agreed to keep their children away from the public's eyes, say NYT sources. She told people that she is worried about the boy's safety and that frequent trips and sleep deprivation harm her health.

Another mother, right -wing writer Ashley St. Clair, said in February that he had a secret relationship with Musk and that he brought him to the world the 14th child who is known. According to NYT, Musk offered a substantial agreement to hide her paternity, but she refused. He asked a New York court from preventing her from talking publicly about this subect, says the woman in an interview.