Former President Trump did an impersonation of SpaceX and Tesla CEO Elon Musk at an event in Washington DC this week, drawing laughs from the crowd as he pretended to talk about rocket development.
Trump told an audience at the annual Moms for Liberty conference on Thursday that Musk has given her “tremendous support” and described him as “a very different type of guy, in his opinion.” [when] He speaks.”
“With Elon, it's like, 'Well, we're building a new stainless steel hub that can move around the engines faster,'” Trump said, “because there are problems with the types of engines that are being sent into space these days.”
“But ultimately, I think we'll have a good relationship because of the new challenger,” Trump joked.
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Former President Trump did an imitation of SpaceX and Tesla CEO Elon Musk.
“I listen to everything that goes through his mind, but he's a super genius,” Trump added.
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Elon Musk, co-founder of Tesla and SpaceX and owner of X Holdings, spoke at the Milken Institute Global Conference at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills, Calif., in May. Musk and President Trump recently spoke about X in an interview. (Apu Gomez/Getty Images)
The former president recently held a lengthy interview with Musk at X in mid-August, and said he would “like to do another one” on Thursday.
President Trump thanked SpaceX founder Elon Musk after the successful launch of the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida on May 30, 2020. (Joe Raedl/Getty Images)
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“I'm a big fan of his electric cars. I think his cars are great,” Trump said. “He thinks so, and I'm a big fan of electric cars, but they don't go very far and they're expensive.”
