Donald Trump says is open to naming Elon Musk as an adviser
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00:00Two billionaires who did not always get along.
00:03Donald Trump and Elon Musk now appear to be the best of friends.
00:06Just two years ago, they were lobbing insults at each other,
00:09but the pair has forged an alliance.
00:11Trump was banned from Twitter for inciting violence,
00:15but Musk recently reinstated him with much fanfare
00:18and a two-hour broadcast on the social media platform.
00:21Well, it's an honor. We view that as an honor.
00:24Delayed because of technical problems,
00:27once it got going, the pair agreed on a number of issues.
00:31We don't have a secure border.
00:32It looks like a World War Z zombie apocalypse.
00:35We're going to have the largest deportation in history of this country,
00:39and we have no choice.
00:41I'm not sure we've got a country.
00:42You don't have a country, Elon.
00:43Musk is considered the world's richest man,
00:46as head of both SpaceX and the electric car maker Tesla.
00:49During an interview with France Télévision,
00:51he implied that he wielded more power than the U.S. president.
00:55The U.S. presidency is like being captain of a very large ship with a small rudder.
01:04So you're telling me you're more powerful than the U.S. president?
01:07I mean, I can't declare war on people.
01:09Until 2020, Musk said that he overwhelmingly voted for Democrats,
01:14but now he envisions himself as part of a new Trump administration,
01:17posting this AI-generated image of himself as the head of a department of efficiency,
01:22adding that he was willing to serve, something Trump has welcomed.
01:26I'd love it if it were foam.
01:27Well, you, you're the greatest cutter.
01:30It's an alliance that is ideological and strategic.
01:34Musk is said to be donating $45 million a month to Trump's campaign.
01:39As a result, Trump has reversed his position on electric vehicles.
01:43And I'm for electric cars.
01:44I have to be, you know, because Elon endorsed me very strongly, Elon.
01:50An endorsement Trump sees as a badge of honor,
01:53having published a video generated by artificial intelligence of the pair grooving side-by-side.