Mick Mulvaney, former President Donald Trump’s acting chief of staff, recalled in an interview Thursday that billionaire Elon Musk visited the White House “pretty regularly” during Trump’s presidency. said.
“This is a dynamic that goes back several years. When I was in the White House, Elon Musk visited the White House pretty regularly,” Mulvaney said in an interview.NewsNation’s The Hill”
Mulvaney’s comments come as the Trump campaign works to “strengthen its finances” in preparation for a rematch with President Biden, as reports surfaced that Trump and Musk recently dined together. It was carried out in response to the
Asked about the meeting in a recent interview, Musk admitted to journalist Don Lemon that “I was having breakfast at a friend’s house and Donald Trump came over,” adding, “That’s it.” .
In an interview Thursday, Mulvaney was asked about the significance of the meeting being held outside Mar-a-Lago, the luxury resort in Florida where President Trump lives and often hosts meetings, and delved into the location of the meeting. I warned you not to do that.
“I don’t read too much into it. I’ll read into it a little bit. That’s a good point, as opposed to Trump calling him and saying, ‘Come to Mar-a-Lago,’ or whatever.” I understand that,” Mulvaney said.
But he added that he thinks the meeting was perhaps a byproduct of Trump’s “fascination with the media.”
“He’s definitely fascinated by Elon Musk’s acquisition of Company X. He’s looking forward to doing something with Truth Social and Company It’s just Donald Trump,” Mulvaney said.
“I haven’t read too much into the dynamics of where they meet. If a former president of the United States is going anywhere, it’s going to be the first or second richest person in the world’s house. “I think that’s going to happen,” he added.
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