'Your Endorsement Means the Most...' Trump Tells Musk During Interview | Highlights

On his relationship with Putin, Trump said, “I got along with Putin very well, and he respected me.”

Trump said that even though global leaders including Russian President Vladimir Putin, Chinese President Xi Jinping and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un are referred to as dictators, they love their country; 'its just a different form of love’.

During his interview with Elon Musk, Donald Trump said, "You can never let Russia and China align," as the biggest threat is nuclear warming."

The Elon Musk-Donald Trump interview on social media platform X concluded after over two hours.
 

Highlighting illegal immigrants crossing US borders, Donald Trump said that it had to be cut down at the earliest. “The world cannot empty its prisoners into the US."

"People want the American Dream back more than anything else. You don't have that today because the people running our country just suck - they're incompetent people," said Trump.
 

Asserting for fair presidential elections, Trump said that he hopes that "elections are run fairly."

He further asserted that all the illegal migrants are “radicals", and even “terrorists" in disguise, and America would get rid of them at the earliest. 

Slamming Kamala Harris over her stance on border security, Trump accused her of failing to address the rising safety concerns. Trump argued that is not "willing to build walls" and is further attacking her by claiming she wanted to "be more Trump than Trump."

Donald Trump during the interview with Tesla CEO Elon Musk thanked him for his endorsement saying that it meant the most to him.

"Your endorsement means a lot to me," he told the billionaire.

Responding to this, Musk said, "It is really essential that you win for the good of the country."

Donald Trump attacked Joe Biden and Kamala Harris over the US economy saying, "The economy is a disaster with inflation... Four years ago, people were saving a lot of money. Today they're using all their money and borrowing money just to live."

"If she wins, this country will go out of business."

Trump further said that people have been telling him that they "witnessed the best businesses during Trump rule." 
 

Speaking during the candid conversation with Elon Musk, Trump asserted that the US needs an Iron Dome same as Israel.

"We're going to build an Iron Dome. Israel has it. We're going to have the best Iron Dome in the world. We need it and we're going to make it all in the United States. We're going to have protection."

Slamming Kamala Harris, Donald Trump said, "We don't have a president right now - and Kamala is even worse. She's a San Francisco liberal who destroyed that city, destroyed California, and will destroy our country if she's elected."

Speaking on the ongoing 10-month-old conflict between Israel and Hamas, Trump said that such a situation would not have happened if he were the president.

"When I was president, Iran knew not to mess around. Iran was broke -- they had no money for terror. Israel never would've been attacked (by Hamas)."

Speaking on global leaders including Russian President Vladimir Putin, Chinese President Xi Jinping and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, Trump asserted that these leaders are at the "top of their game."

Further exuding his friendship with Putin, Trump blamed Biden for the Ukraine invasion.

He also said that the US has more dangerous enemies than Russia or China. He said "You can never let Russia and China align," as the biggest threat is nuclear warming.

Launching a scathing attack on US President Joe Biden, Trump asserted that the former "failed miserably" in the presidential debate against him.

He also called Biden's exit from the presidential race a "coup" by Democrats.

During his 'unedited' conversation with Tesla CEO, Trump said that the number of people crossing the borders ahs increased and it would be around -50-60 million people," from across the world including Africa, Asia and Middle East regions. 

"We have a defective government... We have millions of people coming in a month and then Kamala [Harris] gets up and tries to pretend she's gonna do something. She had three and a half years and they have another five months but they won't do anything."

Talking about her opponent, Democratic Presidential candidate Kamala Harris, Donald Trump called her "fake," adding "Everything I did, she says she is doing it. " 

Discussing Donald Trump's assassination attempt, Musk said that one cannot fake bravery in such circumstances.

"I immediately knew it was a bullet," Trump responded, who was attacked during a poll rally in Pennsylvania last month.

Apologising to the X users, Elon Musk on the social media platform said, "Sorry for the delay."

Tesla CEO and X owner Elon Musk was scheduled to interview Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump on his social media network at 5:30 am IST. However, the interview was delayed by more than 30 minutes due to a DDOS attack, Musk confirmed.

"There appears to be a massive DDOS attack on X. Working on shutting it down. Worst case, we will proceed with a smaller number of live listeners and post the conversation later," he posted on X.