Trump told Fox News anchor Maria Bartiromo on Sunday that Elon Musk could take a relatively active role in the Trump administration pending a victory in the upcoming election.
“He’s a great business guy, and he’s a great cost-cutter. Musk said, ‘I could cut costs without affecting anybody,'” Trump stated during an exclusive interview on Fox News.
Bartiromo then asked Trump whether Musk would be in his Cabinet if he assumes office again in January, via Fox News.
Trump replied, “He doesn’t want to be in the Cabinet. He just wants to be in charge of cost-cutting. We’ll have a new position: Secretary of Cost-Cutting. Elon wants to do that, and we have incredible people. He’s running a big business. He can’t just say, ‘I think I’ll go into the Cabinet.’ Other people can. He can’t, but Elon’s a little bit different in that sense.”
Musk, who owns the social media platform X and is also the founder of SpaceX, claims that a Mars colony isn’t that far off.
“He’s made me a promise to get to Mars before the end of my administration, which will be long before, hopefully, China or Russia,” Trump said. “Space Force is now going to be one of our most important things. We were getting killed in space by China and by Russia, and now we’re leading in space.”
Bartiromo then asked, “You’ve also said that there’s a lot of fat in government that you would want to cut off, so what agencies would you want to shut down?”
Trump responded, “Let me have you ask another person that. Because I’m going to have Elon Musk — he is dying to do this. You know, he’s a great business guy, actually. You think of him for science and rockets. And every time I think he’s telling me about a new screw that was developed, he’s developed a new screw, screws are difficult, and it’s made out of titanium, and it’s so exciting.”
Trump then told Bartiromo, “We have the endorsement of Elon, as you know. Elon Musk, who’s great. He’s a great guy. He had such a good time. He put the black hat on,” reported Mediate.
“Dark MAGA,” Bartiromo said alluding to Musk’s Butler, Pennsylvania speech on Oct. 5.
“He calls it Dark MAGA,” Trump said. “How cool is that? He’s a great guy. He’s given us a really powerful endorsement. He’s out campaigning in Pennsylvania today. He’s actually campaigning because he says if we don’t win, we’re not going to have a country. I think that we just have to win, and the only thing you can do is to win. These are bad people, and they’re surrounded by very bad people. I think they’re surrounded by much worse people than they are. Joe didn’t really know too much about where he was, and Kamala is worse than him.”
Elon Musk endorsed Trump on July 13 right after the first assassination attempt on Trump and believes firmly that a Trump administration will help America become independent and not reliant on foreign countries.
