Title: Trump, Musk pull curtain back behind relationship, media's divide and conquer mission
Author: Fox News

Transcript:
HERE IS PART ONE OF MY INTERVIEW
WITH PRESIDENT TRUMP AND
ELON MUSK.
>> I HAVE TO START WITH THIS.
HE'S WORKING FOR FREE WITH DOGE,
HE'S PUT A LOT OF HIS LIFE ON
HOLD.
YOU SUED TWITTER A NUMBER OF
YEARS AGO, YOU MADE HIM PAY YOU
$10 MILLION.
>> THAT'S RIGHT.
I SAID FROM LONG BEFORE HE HAD
IT.
THEY REALLY DID A NUMBER ON ME.
I SUED AND THEY HAD TO PAY AND
THEY PAID $10 MILLION
SETTLEMENT.
>> YOU ARE OKAY WITH THAT?
>> I LIFTED UP TO THE LAWYERS
AND THE TEAM RUNNING TWITTER SO
I SAID YOU DO WHAT YOU THINK
MAKES SENSE.
>> I WAS LOOKING TO GET MUCH
MORE MONEY THAN THAT.
>> YOU GIVE HIM A DISCOUNT.
>> HE GOT A BIG DISCOUNT.
I DON'T THINK EVEN KNOWS ABOUT
IT.
>> HE'S BECOME ONE OF YOUR
BEST FRIENDS.
HE'S WORKING FOR FREE FOR YOU.
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>> I THINK PRESIDENT TRUMP IS A
GOOD MAN.
>> THE PRESIDENT HAS BEEN SO
UNFAIRLY ATTACKED IN THE MEDIA.
IT'S REALLY OUTRAGEOUS.
AT THIS POINT I'VE SPENT A LOT
OF TIME WITH THE PRESIDENT AND
NOT ONCE HAVE I SEEN HIM DO
SOMETHING THAT WAS MEAN OR CRUEL
OR WRONG.
NOT ONCE.
>> I'VE KNOWN HIM FOR 30 YEARS.
I'VE NEVER SEEN ANYBODY TAKE AS
MUCH AS HE'S TAKEN.
WE'VE DISCUSSED THIS LIKE HOW DO
YOU DEAL WITH IT.
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>> AND THEN CULMINATING INTO
ASSASSINATION ATTEMPTS WHICH
RESULTED IN YOUR ENDORSEMENT.
>> I WAS GOING TO DO IT ANYWAY.
>> THE DAY OF THE ASSASSINATION.
>> I WAS GOING TO DO IT ANYWAY.
>> WITH YOUR INDULGENCE, I'M
CONVINCED THAT PEOPLE ONLY KNOW
A LITTLE BIT ABOUT ELON.
I DON'T THANK THEY KNOW
EVERYTHING ABOUT HIM BECAUSE AS
I STUDIED AND PREPARE FOR THIS
INTERVIEW, I LEARNED A LOT ABOUT
YOU THAT I DIDN'T KNOW.
PEOPLE WILL THINK ABOUT TESLA,
DEMOCRATS DEMONIZING YOU AND
TRYING TO MAKE THE COUNTRY HATE
YOU, I JUST WANT PEOPLE TO
UNDERSTAND YOU A LITTLE BIT
BETTER AND THE PERSON THAT
YOU'VE GOTTEN TO KNOW AND HAVE
PUT A LOT OF TRUST IN.
LET'S GO OVER A LITTLE BIT OF
YOUR BIO STARTING WITH PAYPAL
AND HOW YOU BECAME INVOLVED IN
TESLA AND SPACEX AND NEURAL LINK
>> I THINK I'M A TECHNOLOGIST
AND I TRY TO MAKE TECHNOLOGIES
THAT IMPROVE THE WORLD.
THAT'S WHY MY T-SHIRTS AS
TECH-SUPPORT BECAUSE I'M HERE TO
PROVIDE THE PRESIDENT WITH
TECHNOLOGY SUPPORT.
THAT MAY SEEM LIKE IS THAT A
SILLY THING BUT ACTUALLY IT'S A
VERY IMPORTANT THING BECAUSE THE
PRESIDENT WILL MAKE THESE
EXECUTIVE ORDERS WHICH ARE VERY
SENSIBLE AND GOOD FOR THE
COUNTRY BUT THAN THEY DON'T GET
IMPLEMENTED.
IF YOU TAKE THE FUNDING FOR THE
MIGRANT HOTELS, THE PRESIDENT
ISSUED AN EXECUTIVE ORDER THAT
WE NEED TO STOP TAKING TAXPAYER
MONEY AND PAYING FOR LUXURY
HOTELS FOR ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS.
IT MAKES NO SENSE.
PEOPLE DO NOT WANT THEIR TAX
DOLLARS GOING TO FUND HIGH-END
HOTELS FOR ILLEGALS.
YET THEY ARE STILL DOING THAT
EVEN AS LATE AS LAST WEEK.
SO WE WENT IN THERE AND THIS IS
A VIOLATION OF THE PRESIDENTIAL
ORDER, A NEEDS TO STOP.
SO WHAT WE'RE DOING HERE IS ONE
OF THE BIGGEST FUNCTIONS OF THE
TEAM IS MAKING SURE THAT THE
PRESIDENT EXECUTIVE ORDERS ARE
CARRIED OUT.
THIS IS A VERY IMPORTANT THING.
THE PRESIDENT IS THE ELECTED
REPRESENTATIVE OF THE PEOPLE.
REPRESENTING THE WILL OF THE
PEOPLE AND IF THE BUREAUCRACY IS
FIGHTING THE WILL OF THE PEOPLE
AND PREVENTING THE PRESIDENT
FROM IMPLEMENTING WHAT THE
PEOPLE WANT THEN WHAT WE LIVE IN
IS A BUREAUCRACY AND NOT
DEMOCRACY.
>> Sean: YOU ARE BOTH AWARE,
YOU HAVE TO BE KEENLY AWARE THAT
THE MEDIA AND THE PUNDITRY CLASS
, I THINK YOU'VE PROVEN
THEY HAVE NO POWER ANYMORE.
THEY THREW EVERYTHING THEY HAD
AT YOU AND THEY DIDN'T WIN.
AND THAT WAS
"THE NEW YORK TIMES",
"WASHINGTON POST", EVERY
LATE-NIGHT COMITY SHOW, THEY
JUST...
NOW I SEE THEY WANT YOU -- THEY
WANT A DIVORCE.
THEY WANT YOU TO START HATING
EACH OTHER.
PRESIDENT ELON MUSK FOR EXAMPLE.
YOU DO KNOW THAT THEY ARE DOING
THAT TO YOU?
>> I SEE IT ALL THE TIME.
THEY TRIED AND THAN THEY
STOPPED.
THEY HAVE MANY DIFFERENT THINGS
OF HATRED.
ELON SAID THEY ARE TRYING TO
DRIVE US APART, I SAID
ABSOLUTELY.
THEY SAID WE HAVE BREAKING NEWS
DONALD TRUMP HAS CEDED CONTROL
OF THE PRESIDENCY TO ELON MUSK.
PRESIDENT MUSK WILL BE ATTENDING
A CABINET MEETING TONIGHT AT
8:00 AND I SAID IT IS SO
OBVIOUS.
THEY ARE SO BAD AT IT.
I USED TO THINK THEY WERE GOOD
AT IT.
IF THEY WERE GOOD AT IT I WOULD
NEVER BE PRESIDENT BECAUSE I
THINK NOBODY IN HISTORY HAS EVER
GOTTEN MORE BAD PUBLICITY THAN
ME.
I GET 98% BAD PUBLICITY.
OUTSIDE OF YOU AND A FEW OF YOUR
FRIENDS, IT'S LIKE THE CRAZIEST
THING.
YOU KNOW WHAT I HAVE LEARNED,
THE PEOPLE ARE SMART.
THEY GET IT.
THEY REALLY SEE WHAT'S
HAPPENING.
>> AT THE END OF THIS INTERVIEW
WHAT I WOULD LIKE IS I WANT
PEOPLE TO KNOW THE RELATIONSHIP
AND KNOW MORE ABOUT YOU.
WHAT IS THE RELATIONSHIP
MR. PRESIDENT?
>> I RESPECT HIM.
I'VE ALWAYS RESPECTED HIM.
I NEVER KNEW THAT HE WAS RIGHT
ON CERTAIN THINGS AND HEATED
STAR LINK.
HE DID THINGS THAT WERE SO
ADVANCED THAT NOBODY KNEW WHAT
THEY WEAR.
I CAN TELL YOU IN NORTH CAROLINA
THEY HAD NO COMMUNICATION.
THOSE PEOPLE HAD RIVERS IN
BETWEEN -- LAND THAT NEVER SAW
WATER ALL OF A SUDDEN THERE WAS
A RIVER.
PEOPLE WERE DYING OVER THERE, NO
COMMUNICATION.
THEY SAID YOU KNOW ELON MUSK AND
THEY DIDN'T...
THEY SAID COULD YOU GET STAR
LINK, IF THE FIRST TIME I EVER
HEARD OF IT.
IT'S UNBELIEVABLE.
HE SAID -- I SAID THEY REALLY
NEED IT AND HE GOT THOUSANDS OF
UNITS OF THIS COMMUNICATION AND
IT SAVED A LOT OF LIVES.
YOU HAVE TO WAIT A LONG TIME TO
GET IT.
AND HE GOT IT TO THEM
IMMEDIATELY AND I SAID THAT'S
PRETTY AMAZING AND I DIDN'T EVEN
KNOW HE HAD IT.
WE WATCH THE ROCKET SHIP'S AND
WE WATCHED TESLA.
SOMETHING THAT HAD AN EFFECT WAS
WHEN I SAW THE ROCKET SHIP COME
BACK AND GET GRABBED LIKE YOU
GRAB A BEAUTIFUL LITTLE BABY.
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>> HE SAID YOU CAN'T REALLY HAVE
A ROCKET PROGRAM IF YOU ARE
GOING TO DUMP A BILLION DOLLARS
INTO THE OCEAN EVERY TIME YOU
FLY.
YOU HAVE TO SAVE IT.
FIRST TIME I'VE EVER SEEN THAT
DONE.
NOBODY ELSE COULD DO IT.
THEY WON'T BE ABLE TO DO IT FOR
A LONG TIME.
HE HAS THE TECHNOLOGY.
YOU LEARN -- I WANTED SOMEBODY
REALLY SMART TO WORK WITH ME IN
TERMS OF THE COUNTRY.
A VERY IMPORTANT ASPECT.
IS ACTUALLY A VERY GOOD
BUSINESSMAN.
WHEN HE TALKS ABOUT THE
EXECUTIVE ORDERS, THIS IS
PROBABLY TRUE FOR ALL
PRESIDENTS, YOU WRITE AN
EXECUTIVE ORDER ANY THINK IT'S
DONE.
IT DOESN'T GET IMPLEMENTED, THEY
DON'T IMPLEMENT IT.
MAYBE FROM THE LAST
ADMINISTRATION THEY ARE IN SOME
CASES, YOU TRY TO GET THEM OUT
AS FAST AS YOU CAN.
AS SOON AS HE SAID THAT I SAID
THAT'S INTERESTING.
YOU WRITE A BEAUTIFUL...
HE TAKES IT AND WITH HIS HUNDRED
GENIUSES HE'S GOT SOME BRILLIANT
YOUNG PEOPLE WORKING FOR HIM
THAT DRESS MUCH WORSE THAN HIM.
THEY DRESS IN T-SHIRTS.
>> Sean: HE IS YOUR
TECH-SUPPORT.
>> HE GETS IT DONE.
YOU'VE GOT A LOT OF TECH PEOPLE.
HE GETS IT DONE.
I SAID IN REAL ESTATE YOU HAD
GUYS THAT WOULD DRAW BEAUTIFUL
RENDERINGS ON THE BUILDING AND
THEY WOULD SAY WHEN YOU STARTING
BUT THEY WERE NEVER ABLE TO GET
IT BUILDS.
THEY COULDN'T GET THE FINANCING
...
AND THEN YOU HAVE OTHER GUYS
THAT ARE ABLE TO GET IT DONE.
THAT WAS IN REAL ESTATE.
SAME THING IN THIS.
SO WHEN HE SAID THAT, WHEN YOU
SIGN A LOT OF THESE EXECUTIVE
ORDERS A LOT OF THEM DON'T GET
DONE.
HE WOULD TAKE THAT EXECUTIVE
ORDER THAT I HAD SIGNED AND HE
WOULD HAVE THOSE PEOPLE GO TO
WHATEVER AGENCY IT WAS, WHEN YOU
DOING IT, GET IT DONE.
SOME GUY THAT MAY BE DIDN'T WANT
TO DO IT ALL OF A SUDDEN HE'S
SIGNING.
>> Sean: DO A LOT OF THOSE
ORDERS HAVE TO BE CODIFIED INTO
LAW?
>> YES, AND THEY WILL BE.
IN THE MEANTIME WE HAVE FOUR
YEARS.
THAT'S WHY I LIKE DOING IT RIGHT
AT THE BEGINNING.
AND EXECUTIVE ORDER IS GREAT.
THE...
WHEN THEY DID ALL THESE
EXECUTIVE ORDERS, THEY WERE
TERRIBLE.
THEIR EXECUTIVE ORDERS WERE SO
BAD, IF THEY EVER GOT THEM
CODIFIED YOU NEVER BE ABLE TO
BREAK THEM.
SO THE DAMAGE THAT BIDEN HAS
DONE TO THIS COUNTRY, AND IT'S
NOT EVEN BIDEN, IT'S THE PEOPLE
IN THE OVAL OFFICE.
THE DAMAGE THEY DID TO THIS
COUNTRY IN TERMS OF LET'S SAY
OPEN BORDERS.
THERE ARE SO MANY THINGS.
OPEN BORDERS WHERE MILLIONS OF
PEOPLE ARE PUT INTO OUR COUNTRY
AND HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF
THOSE PEOPLE ARE CRIMINALS AND
MURDERERS.
THEY ARE DRUG DEALERS, GANG
MEMBERS, PEOPLE FROM PRISONS ALL
OVER THE WORLD.
AND WE HAVE A GREAT GUY TOM
HOMAN AND HE'S DOING SO
INCREDIBLY.
96%.
HE'S A PHENOMENAL GUY.
AND KRISTI NOEM IS DOING AN
UNBELIEVABLE JOB.
HE WANTED HER AND SAID SHE'S SO
TOUGH.
I SAID I DON'T THINK OF HER AS
THAT WAY.
SHE'S VERY NICE.
SHE'S RIDING THE HORSE, SHE'S
GREAT.
BUT THE TEAM WE HAVE IS REALLY
...
THOSE EXECUTIVE ORDERS, I SIGNED
THEN AND NOW THEY GET PASSED
ONTO HIM AND HIS GROUP AND OTHER
PEOPLE.
AND THEY WERE ALL GETTING DONE.
WE ARE GETTING THEM DONE.
>> LIMIT GO BACK A LITTLE BIT TO
YOUR BACKGROUND.
IT'S BEYOND IMPRESSIVE.
YOU WERE THE CHIEF ENGINEER, AN
EARLY BELIEVER IN TESLA.
YOU BECAME THE CEO AND THEN THE
CHIEF ENGINEER WHICH WAS
PHENOMENAL.
SPACEX SAME THING WHICH IS
UNBELIEVABLE.
YOU ARE THE FIRST COMPANY,
PRIVATE COMPANY TO SEND
ASTRONAUTS SUCCESSFULLY INTO
SPACE.
FIRST PRIVATE COMPANY TO SEND
ASTRONAUTS INTO ORBIT.
>> HE'S GOING TO GO INTO ORBIT
SOON.
HE'S GOING TO GO TO MARS.
>> THEY SAID DO YOU WANT TO DYE
ON MARS I SAID YES, BUT NOT ON
IMPACT.
>> Sean: THIS IS GOING TO BE
HARD.
I FEEL LIKE I'M INTERVIEWING TWO
BROTHERS HERE.
STAR SHIELD WHICH COULD BE USED
FOR NATIONAL DEFENCE.
>> IT'S ALREADY BEEN USED FOR
NATIONAL DEFENCE.
>> Sean: THAN YOU HAVE A PART
OF TESLA, A ROBOTIC ARM.
THAN YOU HAVE AN AI ARM AND THEN
YOU HAVE SOMETHING THAT REALLY
FASCINATED ME.
IT'S CALLED NEURAL LINK.
DO YOU MIND TO HELP THE BLIND TO
SEE...
THEY CAN RECOVER WERE IN THE
PAST -- HOW CLOSE IS THAT
BECOMING TO SUCCESS?
>> WE'VE IMPLANTED NEURAL LINK
IN THREE PATIENTS SO FAR WHO ARE
QUADRIPLEGICS AND IT ALLOWS THEM
TO DIRECTLY CONTROL THEIR PHONE
OR COMPUTER JUST BY THINKING.
IT'S LIKE TELEPATHY.
YOU CONTROL YOUR COMPUTER JUST
BY THINKING.
IT'S POSSIBLE TO CONTROL THE
COMPUTER FASTER THAN SOMEONE WHO
HAS WORKING HANDS.
THE NEXT STEP WOULD BE TO ADD A
SECOND IMPLANT PAST THE POINT
WHERE THESE -- THE NEURON IS
DAMAGED SO SOMEONE CAN WALK
AGAIN.
THEY CAN HAVE FULL BODY
FUNCTIONALITY RESTORED.
>> AND YOU LIKE BOBBY WRIGHT?
>> I LIKE BOBBY.
I SUPPORTED HIM.
HE'S...
BUT I THINK HE ISN'T.
HE JUST WANTS TO QUESTION THE
SCIENCE WHICH IS THE ESSENCE OF
THE SCIENCE -- THE SCIENTIFIC
MINTED -- METHOD IS ABOUT
QUESTIONING.
>> Sean: WE LEARNED A LOT...
AND THAT RAISES A QUESTION, THE
RICHEST MEN IN THE WORLD, YOU
MAY NOT LIKE THAT PART.
BUT HE'S ON YOUR TEETH.
>> I WANTED TO FIND SOMEBODY
SMARTER THAN HIM.
I SEARCHED ALL OVER, I JUST
COULDN'T DO IT.
>> YOU REALLY TRIED.
>> WE HAD HIM FOR THE COUNTRY.
WE SETTLED ON THIS GUY.
>> THANKS FOR HAVING ME.
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>> Sean: I HATE TO DO THIS TO
YOU BUT I'M GOING TO DO IT
ANYWAY.
YOU ARE DOING ALL OF THESE
THINGS.
NOBODY AT DOGE GETS PAID A
PENNY.
>> SOME PEOPLE ARE FEDERAL
EMPLOYEES.
IT'S FAIR TO SAY THAT THE
SOFTWARE ENGINEERS COULD BE
EARNING MILLIONS OF DOLLARS A
YEAR INSTEAD OF EARNING A SMALL
FRACTION OF THAT AS FEDERAL
EMPLOYEES.
>> AND THEY ARE VERY COMMITTED
PEOPLE.
>> Sean: YOU ARE COMMITTED TO
HELPING THE BLIND SEE PEOPLE
WITH SPINAL CORD INJURIES
RECOVER, YOU ARE COMMITTED TO
GETTING TO MARS.
YOU ARE COMMITTED TO -- YOU WILL
HELP RESCUE NEXT MONTH TWO
ASTRONAUTS THAT I THINK WERE
ABANDONED.
THEY DISPUTE THAT IN AN
INTERVIEW.
>> WE ARE ACCELERATING THE
RETURN OF THE ASTRONAUTS WHICH
WAS POSTPONED...
>> THEY GOT LEFT IN SPACE.
>> THEY WERE SUPPOSED TO BE
THERE EIGHT DAYS THEY WERE LEFT
UP THERE FOR 300.
>> THEY WERE LEFT UP THERE FOR
POLITICAL REASONS WHICH IS NOT
GOOD.
>> Sean: IF I HAD THE WEIGHT
AND PRESSURE OF DOING THAT I
THANK I WOULD BE -- WE SPOKE
BEFORE WE DID THIS INTERVIEW,
YOU WERE VERY CONFIDENT.
YOU THINK THIS WILL BE A
SUCCESSFUL MISSION.
>> WE DON'T WANT TO BE
COMPLACENT BUT WE HAVE BROUGHT
ASTRONAUTS BACK MANY TIMES
BEFORE AND ALWAYS WITH SUCCESS.
AS LONG AS WE ARE NOT COMPLACENT
>> WHEN YOU GOING TO LAUNCH?
>> IT'S ABOUT FOUR WEEKS.
>> YOU NOW HAVE THE GO-AHEAD.
THEY DIDN'T HAVE THE GO-AHEAD
WITH BIDEN.
HE WAS GOING TO LEAVE THEM IN
SPACE.
I THINK HE WAS GOING TO LEAVE
THEM IN SPACE.
HE DIDN'T WANT THE PUBLICITY.
CAN YOU BELIEVE IT?
>> Sean: UNBELIEVABLE.
I WANT TO ECHO SOMETHING THAT
THE PRESIDENT SAID AND ASK AN
OVERARCHING QUESTION.
SO PEOPLE GOT HIT WITH HURRICANE
HELENE, THEY HAVE NO
COMMUNICATION WITH THE OUTSIDE
WORLD.
YOU DONATED TO THE PEOPLE.
>> HE SAVED A LOT OF LIVES IN
NORTH CAROLINA.
>> AND CALIFORNIA AFTER THE
WILDFIRES.
>> THEY WERE REALLY IN TROUBLE.
THEY HAD NO COMMUNICATION.
THEY WERE DYING OF STARVATION.
HE SAVED A LOT OF LIVES IN
NORTH CAROLINA.
>> NOW YOU ARE GOING TO RESCUE
ASTRONAUTS.
AND AGAIN YOU DO ALL OF THIS, I
WOULD THINK LIBERALS WOULD LOVE
THE FACT THAT YOU HAVE THE
BIGGEST ELECTRIC VEHICLE COMPANY
IN THE WORLD.
>> I USED TO BE ADORED BY THE
LEFT.
LESS SO THESE DAYS.
IT'S THIS -- THEY CALL IT TRUMP
DERANGEMENT SYNDROME.
YOU DON'T REALIZE HOW REAL THIS
IS ON TILL -- YOU CAN'T REASON
WITH PEOPLE.
I WAS AT A FRIEND'S BIRTHDAY
PARTY AND IT WAS A NICE QUIET
DINNER AND EVERYTHING WAS NORMAL
AND I HAVE TO MENTION THE
PRESIDENT'S NAME.
IT WAS LIKE THEY GOT SHOT WITH A
START THAT CONTAINED
METHAMPHETAMINE AND RABIES.
LIKE GUYS YOU CAN'T HAVE A
NORMAL CONVERSATION.
IT'S LIKE THEY'VE BECOME
COMPLETELY IRRATIONAL.
>> Sean: IF YOU ARE FRIENDS
WITH HIM YOU PAY A PRICE.
WALK IN A RESTAURANT AND IT'S
LIKE HALF THE ROOM GETS DAGGERS.
>> IT'S INSANE.
I HAD SOME...
A BIG EVENT BUT I RECEIVED THE
INVITATION AT THE BEGINNING OF
LAST YEAR AND I STILL ATTENDED
EVEN AFTER I ENDORSED
PRESIDENT TRUMP AND I DIDN'T
REALIZE HOW PROFOUNDLY THAT
WOULD AFFECT HOW I WAS RECEIVED.
I WALK INTO THE ROOM AND I'M
GETTING THE DIRTY LOOKS FROM
EVERYONE.
IF LOOKS COULD KILL I WOULD'VE
BEEN DEAD SEVERAL TIMES OVER.
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