Elon Musk slammed The New York Times as a "mouthpiece of the state."

His comments came in a Tuesday post on X after the newspaper promoted a video opinion piece on the social media platform. The video was headlined: "It Turns Out the 'Deep State' Is Actually Kind of Awesome."

"In Opinion: Donald Trump is obsessed with 'the deep state,'" the Times' post read. "We went on a road trip across the U.S. to find the people behind this scary-sounding entity. Turns out, they're kind of awesome."

Adam Westbrook and Lindsay Crouse had bylines on the video.

The video features a collection of interviews with government workers and some jabs at Trump.