'A Brilliant Guy': Trump Flexes New $45 Million Per Month Endorsement By Elon Musk

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At a campaign event in Grand Rapids, Michigan on Saturday, former President Trump spoke about Tesla CEO Elon Musk officially supporting his candidacy.

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00:00that votes for the head of the United Auto Workers.

00:04This guy doesn't know what he's doing.

00:06He's approved all electric cars.

00:08And, you know, Elon — I love Elon Musk.

00:10Do we love him? I love him.

00:12And I'm constantly talking about electric cars.

00:17But I don't mean I'm against — I'm totally for them.

00:19But whatever the market says —

00:21and if it's 10 percent of the market,

00:2212 percent, 7 percent, 20 percent —

00:25whatever it is, it's okay.

00:27But you can't have 100 percent electric cars.

00:30And, you know, so Elon endorsed me recently.

00:33The other day, actually.

00:35He's great. Elon Musk. He's a brilliant guy.

00:41Every time I call him, he's talking about,

00:43I got a new idea for a rocket. You have to hear this.

00:46No, it's true.

00:48You know, the first time I ever saw this —

00:50I'm watching television, like, three years ago,

00:53and I see a rocket engine, motor engine,

00:57come down, landing, straight up in it.

00:59No wings, no nothing. And it's landing.

01:01And I thought I was seeing things.

01:02What is that?

01:04And it's landing on a barge in the middle of the ocean.

01:07And then another one comes down, and another one,

01:09and another — I guess four of them came down,

01:11three or four. And they land upright.

01:14I said, What the hell was that? I've never seen that before.

01:17Now, if that were government, you wouldn't see that

01:19for another 50 to 100 years.

01:21But it was Elon.

01:23Now, think of that. And I called him.

01:30And I've always had a good relationship with him.

01:32But I called him, and I said, What was that?

01:35He said, Well, we saved the engines.

01:36We saved the engines because it's very expensive to build.

01:41So, I mean, it didn't take me long to figure

01:42that if you save them, that's good.

01:43But who the hell thought you could do that?

01:45No wings, no nothing.

01:46Just like these big, long, massive tubes.

01:49And they're landing gently, right on the dot.

01:52I said, That's the coolest thing I've ever seen.

01:55And you say, How long would it take government

01:57to come up with that one?

01:58I don't think they ever heard of it.

02:00Perhaps they still haven't heard of it.

02:02But, you know, he's a very advanced person,

02:04and he's doing other things that are great.

02:06And so are others. We have to make —

02:08we have to make life good for our smart people, you know?

02:11We have some smart people.

02:12We have to make life good for our smart people.

02:14And he's as smart as you get.

02:17But Elon endorsed me the other day,

02:22and I read — I didn't even know this.

02:24He didn't even tell me about it.

02:27But he gives me $45 million a month.

02:32A month. Not 45 million.

02:36He gives me $45 million a month.

02:43And I talked to him just a little while ago

02:46to say I was coming here. How you doing?

02:48And he didn't even mention it. He didn't mention.

02:52I mean, other guys, they give you $2,

02:53and you got to take them to lunch.

02:55You got to wine them, dine them.

02:56No, he's a great guy. He really is.

03:00But, you know, he's never mentioned to me,

03:03Why are you hitting the electric cars?

03:04Because he understands I'm not hitting it.

03:06I think it's incredible.

03:08I've had them. I've driven them. They're incredible.

03:10But they're not for everybody.

03:13Some people have to drive long distances.

03:16And they tend to be more expensive.

03:22And, you know, they'll probably be made in China

03:24because China has all of that material.

'A Brilliant Guy': Trump Flexes New $45 Million Per Month Endorsement By Elon Musk

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