Elon Musk, Donald Trump | Donald Trump will give Elon Musk a role in his government, if he wins the election

Elon Musk, Donald Trump | Donald Trump will give Elon Musk a role in his government, if he wins the election

This statement comes in an interview Trump gave to Fox News this weekend.

There he was asked about Elon Musk, owner of X and SpaceX, who supports Trump's presidential candidacy and recently spoke at a rally with Trump.

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– I'll bring Elon Musk with me. He really wants to do it, Trump answered a question about which departments he would like to close in order to reduce bureaucracy.

-You think about science and rockets. Every time he tells me about the new screw he developed. Screws are demanding. “It's made of titanium and it's very sexy,” Trump says, adding:

-He is a good businessman and good at cutting costs. He says he can cut costs without hurting anyone.

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This will be Musk's role

The former president envisions Musk in the role of a kind of government .

– He should not be in the Cabinet. He does not want to be in the cabinet. He just wants to be responsible for cutting costs. We are creating a new position, Minister of Cost Reduction. Elon wants to do just that. He runs a big company, so he can't become a minister. Trump says others can do it.

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Trump also says in the interview that Musk promises to reach Mars within the next four years.

Musk already had a successful weekend, when his company SpaceX conducted a successful test of the Starship mining vessel.

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Dramatically, the company “dropped” the Super Heavy rocket, the largest of its kind ever to enter service, using the mechanical arm of the launch tower.

Provides support

Musk previously said That he, as Director X, does not want to support a presidential candidate. But after Trump was shot in Pennsylvania this summer, he offered his support to Trump.

On October 5, Trump returned to the same location in Butler, Pennsylvania, where he held a large public rally.

TRUMP SUPPORTER: Elon Musk was photographed at a Trump rally last week. Musk believes that American democracy is in danger if Trump is not elected president.
Photo: Brian Snyder

On the X, Musk claimed And that the United States will become a one-party system if Trump loses, because the Democrats will allow in large numbers of immigrants, who in turn will vote for them, so that it will not be possible to defeat them in the elections.

Axios and New York Times They both write about a close relationship between Trump and Musk, and that they speak several times a week.

Musk's political organization, America PAC, spent $80 million to get Trump elected.

– I love Trump, The New York Times reported that Musk said this in private.

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