From spaceships to the State of the Union address, is Elon Musk gearing up to join President Donald Trump’s Cabinet?
“Shark Tank” investor and O’Leary Ventures chairman Kevin O’Leary reportedly hopes so, as he explained on “The Big Money Show” on Tuesday.
“I’m a big fan of Elon Musk,” O’Leary said following the Tesla CEO’s interview with Trump.
“To be honest with you, my son works for him and he loves his job at Tesla. And I [Elon]”A modern-day Bruce Wayne,” he continued. “If he gets involved in government, it will be good for all Americans.”
mask It took about 2 hours The former president spoke on Trump’s X “space” on Monday night, but the wide-ranging conversation got off to a shaky start as it was plagued by technical issues. Once the conversation began, anti-Trump critics were quick to find flaws in everything from Trump’s rhetoric to Musk’s questions.
Many of the headlines Musk took issue with following the Trump X event were partisan opinion pieces. The posts he responded to included straight news articles. Fox News article This describes the Harris campaign’s reaction to the Musk-Trump meeting.
“He’s a guy who doesn’t lie. He’s very transparent and he really knows what he’s doing,” O’Leary said, adding, “He gets things done. You might not like him, you might not like his communication style, but look at what he’s done.”
“If we had more people like Elon Musk in our government, this country wouldn’t be in such a divided state right now,” he added.
In response to Musk’s interview with Trump, Harris’ campaign slammed the event, saying the Trump campaign was serving “rich, self-centered people who are betraying the middle class.”
O’Leary also spoke about Harris’s vice presidential pick, Minnesota Governor Tim Walz, and his relationship with the governor. Financial and economic disaster history.
“I didn’t know anything about Tim, the running mate, so I did a little research last week,” he said. “He’s not a good manager. If you look at his governance of the state of Minnesota, it hasn’t been good.”
“People say, ‘You’re partisan, you’re partisan.’ No, you’re not. What I’m looking at is the track record of someone who came into the state and wiped out job creation,” O’Leary continued. “He wiped out job creation in the professional trades, manufacturing, accounting sectors. No matter what subcategory you look at, those jobs went to South Dakota and North Dakota.”
The legendary entrepreneur also served in South Dakota The employment rate is That’s four times the size of Walz’s home state of Minnesota.
“In Minnesota, the only jobs we’re creating are in government-funded services like health care and social services. Every other sector is declining. We also implemented a 9.8% tax on retirees, plus an additional 1% and 100 basis points. And of course, they’re leaving the state in droves.”
FOX Business’ Brian Flood contributed to this report.
