US media White House reporter: Trump is getting annoyed by Musk's "clinginess"

It was recently reported that there was tension between the two men. Musk had reportedly barged into a dinner that Trump and Amazon founder Jeff Bezos were having and then was found eavesdropping on the two men as they spoke – apparently not caring that his presence was unwanted. There were also reports that Musk has been "crashing" in a house next to Trump's "Winter White House."

Insiders were quoted as saying that no one was as "omni present" as Musk, and that he even was reportedly listening in on calls that Trump made with foreign leaders.

And, even earlier than that, it was rumored that Musk had offered $100 million for a home near Mar-a-Lago in December. Musk never publicly responded to the reports.

Maggie Haberman, a New York Times White House correspondent, addressed the rumors on a podcast. Haberman said that Trump had been complaining to those around him about Musk's "dropping in."

Haberman said that while Trump had told Musk publicly that he was happy that the two billionaires were neighbors, he seemed to have grown tired of Musk's "clingyness" in "just dropping in at his place at all hours."

"The guy is shameless," Haberman quoted Trump as saying. "If they're having dinner, he just kind of gate crashes it."

Haberman said that Trump's world was not happy about Musk barging in on the president-elect and that Musk had perhaps been too full of himself.

"Musk came in there, and Trump hadn't even been officially inaugurated yet, and he's already, I guess, he wanted to get in on the ground floor, if you will, and already he's positioning himself to be the de facto president or something."

While everyone in Trumpworld was quick to state that "Elon believes in the president," Haberman suggested that they might not necessarily like him.

"I got the sense that they might be confused by it, or perhaps even put off by it, that he's kind of coming around all the time, and not just around the president, but around them, the people in Trumpworld themselves."

Haberman said that while it was unclear whether or not Musk, who has said that he was thinking of creating an electric helicopter, would be appointed to any formal position in the Trump administration, it was clear that he would not be offered an office in the White House.

"Elon has his own house, right?" Haberman said. "I think that's probably where the White House will sort of say, 'That's as far as you can come.'"