Trump’s behavior during the summer assassination attempt was what finally convinced Elon Musk that the outspoken Republican was the right man to lead the US forward, according to the high-profile entrepreneur.
– America is the home of the free and the land of the brave, and that’s what we want in a president, and he is just that, Musk said.
During Tucker Carlson’s live broadcast on election night in Mar-a-Lago, several prominent Republicans were interviewed – not least tech mogul Elon Musk, who has been identified by many as one of the most important people behind the Trump campaign’s success.
In the interview, Carlson wonders how it is possible for Trump to win the election after his political opponents, and virtually all the establishment media, have attacked him almost daily for several years, portraying him as a rapist and a criminal – while Kamala Harris’ campaign has spent almost three times as much money as the Republican campaign.
– No, it’s remarkable, Musk replies.
– It might as well be an extension of the DNC. The DNC just sends them whatever the talking points are and they will just talk like NPCs all day long. So in practice it’s very stacked in Harris’ favor.
According to the contractor, one area that was heavily emphasized by the Republicans was the election work on the streets – and especially in the swing states. He believes that this work has been neglected and that the Democrats have previously been the best at “knocking on doors” to encourage people to vote and tell them why they should vote for their particular candidate.
Big push for Amish voters
There are also many who really wanted to vote but could not get to the polls, Musk notes – and that this has been something that he and the Republicans have invested heavily in several states ahead of this year’s election.
– We paid particular attention to the Amish communities in Pennsylvania, he continues, noting that no candidate has ever managed to get large numbers of Amish people to vote in the same way.
Amish voters are also generally very unhappy with Joe Biden’s administration, and feel that they have been subjected to government overreach, for example, when several Amish farmers had their farms shut down for non-compliance with regulations.
– It really made them pretty upset and you just need to be able to channel the fact that they are upset and tell them that ‘there is one thing you can do about it and it’s called voting, and we are happy to transport you’.
The Amish have chosen a side after the Kamala Harris Admin raided Amos Miller Organic Milk Farm
And that side is Freedom, Deregulation and Donald Trump ‼️
2020: 45-50K Amish registered to vote (video)
Now in 2024: 200K+ voter registrations pic.twitter.com/PHJalEuFEs— Wall Street Apes (@WallStreetApes) October 23, 2024
– They get to ride in vans as long as they don’t drive them. So we just made sure that we bring them to the polls and that they voted the way they wanted to vote, he says, adding that nearly 100% of Amish voters support Trump.
“Playing to win”
On the day of Trump’s most high-profile assassination attempt, Elon Musk chose to publicly endorse the presidential candidate, and to throw himself wholeheartedly into the campaign.
– My philosophy is that if you play, you play to win. You don’t play by half measure, he says, explaining that he spent all his waking hours, 7 days a week, helping Trump win the election and getting undecided voters to vote for him.
– If people are not registered, they cannot vote. The initial focus was just to maximize registration and then once the registration deadline was over just to get the early votes.
Calls for Musk to be jailed
He further believes that his own platform, X, has played a crucial role in this year’s elections, calling it “the one place where you can find out the truth”. X’s influence and the dismantling of censorship has led prominent Democrats to call for Elon Musk’s imprisonment, and he notes that there has been widespread outrage within the US political establishment over the platform’s increased freedom of expression.
For anyone, whether in America or other countries, who finds this result shocking, they should reconsider where they get their information.
This trend was obvious on for months, but almost all the legacy mainstream media pushed a completely false reality.
They lied to you. https://t.co/gQsO1RUWos
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) November 7, 2024
Other Democrats have called for Musk’s company to lose all government contracts, for his company to be nationalized, for him to be deported as an illegal immigrant or for him to be arrested for allegedly being “Putin’s best friend” – while saying that he personally is not particularly worried about any of these things happening.
The last time Trump won the election, his opponents tried to have him impeached, charged and jailed almost immediately, but this time Musk personally believes the situation will be different.
– I don’t think they’ll be quite as intense as last time, he says, explaining that it also matters how big the victory is.
Harris can’t have a conversation
Another partial explanation for Trump’s success, according to Musk, is that both the president and the vice president, J.D. Vance, have participated in many longer interviews with popular pod-casters outside the classic establishment media, thereby reaching a new audience of undecided voters to get to know them better.
– A reasonable minded smart person who is not hardcore one way or the other, they just listen to someone talk for a few hours and that’s how they decide whether they like you or not.
He also says that in his judgement, Harris is not capable of having longer discussions – and that this was also the reason why she did not appear in any similar contexts, while Trump, on the other hand, can easily have an unscripted conversation for three hours, as was the case, for example, with the interview with the pod-caster Joe Rogan.
– I actually posted on X. Nothing would do more damage to Kamala’s campaign than to be on Joe Rogan, Musk continues.
Nothing would sink Kamala’s campaign faster than a 3 hour unscripted conversation with Joe Rogan
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) October 22, 2024
“Strong and brave”
When asked why Musk chose to publicly support Donald Trump, he is silent for a while before answering that Trump’s reaction to the assassination attempt was crucial for him personally.
– I think he’s a very interesting and funny person. Very vilified by the media obviously and he has endured a lot. I went out and gave him my support immediately after he was shot. When you see somebody under fire and their reaction you know immediately if someone is brave or if they are a coward.
– To be hit by a bullet. The blood is coming down your face. There could be a second shooter. And yet he goes and fights. That’s true courage, you can’t fake it. America is the home of the free and the land of the brave, and that’s what we want in a president too. We want a strong brave person as president and he is that.
Media “mouthpiece of the Democrats”
Musk points out that the Harris campaign has not only spent much more money than Trump’s campaign, but that she has also had almost unanimous support from the vast majority of American news outlets, which, according to the entrepreneur, have practically repeated messages from the Democrats.
Full Elon Musk and Tucker Carlson interview pic.twitter.com/7Tv9vg7yNx
— Dima Zeniuk (@DimaZeniuk) November 6, 2024
“Gigantic government bureaucracy”
Asked whether he will personally be involved in the Trump administration, Musk says he has been asked to help increase government efficiency in various areas – something he sees as much needed.
– We have a gigantic government bureaucracy. We got over-regulation, we have agencies that have overlapping responsibilities. There are about 450 different government agencies. We’re just creating new agencies all the time, it gets to a point where basically everything is illegal, you just can’t get anything done.
In the past, Musk has used humorous memes to advocate for “DOGE” – Department Of Government Efficiency – something he emphasizes is sincere.
– These will be real costs for people. Hidden costs but very substantial. It’s very hard to build new housing if you are burdened by massive requirements that doesn’t make sense.
– We need to let the builders of America build, he concludes.
