The Tesla and House-X boss has joked that he’ll be arrested if Democratic nominee Kamala Harris turns into president
Tech mogul Elon Musk has advised American journalist Tucker Carlson that he’s “all in” on Donald Trump successful the US presidential election in November.
The billionaire sat down with Carlson for a full-length interview revealed on Monday on Musk’s X (previously Twitter) social media community.
Carlson started the interview by theorizing what would occur if Democratic nominee Kamala Harris beats Republican rival Trump in November. “If he loses… you’re f**ked, dude!” Carlson mentioned, prompting each males to burst into laughter.
“If he loses, I’m f**ked,” Musk agreed, including “how lengthy do you suppose my jail sentence goes to be? Will I see my youngsters? I don’t know.”
The Tesla CEO formally endorsed Trump for president in July, following an assassination try in opposition to the previous president at a rally in Pennsylvania.
“And I’ve been trashing Kamala continuous,” Musk advised Carlson. “The Kamala puppet, I name her. And the machine that the Kamala puppet represents,” the billionaire added.
Musk referred again to a controversial X publish he wrote – and later deleted – saying that nobody is trying to kill Harris, whereas Trump has confronted two assassination makes an attempt. “Some folks interpreted it as if I used to be calling for folks to assassinate her,” he defined, including that there’s “no cause to attempt to assassinate a puppet.”
“She’ll say no matter phrases are on the teleprompter, so… it’s actually whoever controls the teleprompter is definitely in cost.”
In reply to Musk dealing with potential difficulties ought to Trump lose, the billionaire mentioned he’s “all in.”
The tech mogul and the Republican nominee have mentioned Musk heading a “authorities effectivity fee” as a part of a possible Trump administration, Musk mentioned. After shopping for X, he let go 80% of its workers and “improved the options and performance of the location” within the course of, he claimed.
The interview comes simply days after Musk backed Trump at a rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, the town the place he survived the primary try on his life. Musk spoke to an excited crowd, praising the previous president’s composure below fireplace.
Regardless of being a self-proclaimed political reasonable, Musk started leaning in direction of Trump in latest occasions. He defined that fairly than his political beliefs altering, the views of the political left within the US have develop into so excessive that he appears right-wing by comparability.
