Elon Musk has said that he is a 3,000-year-old time-traveling alien who is trying to return to his home planet.

The billionaire has made a lot of bold claims this year after throwing his weight behind Donald Trump in the presidential election.

Following Trump’s win, Musk was named the head of the new Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE).

Elon Musk has claimed he is a 3,000 year old vampire alien (Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)

While not actually a government department, the organization will take a look at the federal budget from the outside and Musk has promised to make $2 trillion in cuts.

However, just when you think you’ve heard it all – things can only get more bizarre.

Now the Tesla boss has claimed that he is a ‘3,000-year-old time-traveling and a vampire alien’.

Musk seems to spend a lot of time writing posts on his own social media platform X, formerly Twitter.

Making light of his presence on the site, the SpaceX CEO shared a meme which read: “Would you believe it, my neighbor was knocking on my door at 2.30 this morning.

“Luckily I was still up playing my bagpipes”.

In response, one user wrote: “You don’t sleep because you’re a vampire?”

Along with their reply, they shared a previous tweet from Musk which read: “Full disclosure, I’m actually a 3,000 year old vampire. It’s such a trial assuming all these false identities over the centuries!”

Musk responded to the user with: “I’m a time-traveling vampire” before adding that he is also an ‘alien’.

Elon Musk will be the new head of DOGE (Jeff Bottari/Zuffa LLC/Getty Images)

Other users also took to X to respond to the billionaire.

One user wrote: “ELON WHY ARE YOU STILL AWAKE.”

Another said: “Elon has memes on standby for any situation lmao.”

And a third person added: “It’s nice knowing that Elon also has insomnia like the rest of us.”

Speaking about Musk’s new role, Trump has revealed that DOGE will conduct a ‘complete financial and performance audit of the entire federal government, and making recommendations for drastic reforms’.

In a statement, Musk said: “This will send shockwaves through the system, and anyone involved in Government waste, which is a lot of people!”

The department won’t be full-time and will end on July 4 2026, on the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence.

Trump has said that a more efficient government will be a ‘gift’ to the country on that day.

At a rally, the president-elect spoke about Musk’s role, saying: “I don’t think I can get him full-time because he’s a little bit busy sending rockets up and all the things he does.

“He said the waste in this country is crazy. And we’re going to get Elon Musk to be our cost-cutter.”