Watch as Trump hails ‘super genius’ Elon Musk in glowing praise for tech billionaire during victory speech
DONALD Trump praised ‘super-genius’ Elon Musk during his victory speech as the tech mogul hints at taking a role in the White House.
The Republican candidate took to the stage in Florida to address adoring fans and claim early victory in the election after a win in Pennsylvania put him on the cusp of the presidency.
As it stands, Trump has 266 out of the goal of 270 Electoral College votes, while Kamala Harris has just 219.
Following a star-studded watch party at luxury resident Mar-a-Lago, Trump spoke to fans calling his campaign “the greatest political movement of all time” as he vowed to “help the country heal.”
While he thanked the members of his family and fellow Republicans, Trump also paid tribute to his ally Elon Musk after being prompted to do so by supporters.
The Space X founder has been a key fixture of Trump’s campaign and was pictured with his four-year-old son at the Mar-a-Lago election party.
“We have a new star – a star is born, Elon [Musk]!” Trump told the cheering crowds.
It comes as…
- JD Vance said the victory is the “greatest political comeback in American history.”
- Kamala Harris refused to speak to the media as Trump took the lead.
- Harris’ team said the Vice President will speak on Wednesday.
- Trump won battleground states Georgia, North Carolina, and Pennsylvania, according to the AP.
- Trump’s team started to celebrate early with a chant when he won North Carolina.
- Republicans took control of the Senate after Ted Cruz was re-elected in Texas.
- Firefighters were forced to help recount 30,000 votes when polls faced election night chaos.
“He is an amazing guy, we were sitting together tonight.
“He spent two weeks in Philadelphia and different parts of Pennsylvania campaigning.”
The 78-year-old went on to praise Musk for his “super-genius” and described how he was in awe watching his Space X rocket return to Earth without a hitch.
“He sent the rocket up two weeks ago and I saw that rocket, I saw it coming down it was beautiful,” Trump said.
“Only Elon can do this.”
He revealed that just after the landing he called the 53-year-old to congratulate him on the successful test flight and he asked who else could do such things.
“Can Russia do it? No. Can China do it? No. Can the United States do it other than you? No. Nobody can do that,” he recalled from the conversation.
“I said, ‘That’s why I love you, Elon,'” he added.
He then went on to praise the Starlink founder for using the satellite telecommunications system to help residents in North Carolina who were devastated by Hurricane Helene in September.
“Fields became lakes,” Trump said, adding that people from the state approaching him asking him to talk to Musk so they could get Starlink.
“I called Elon…I said, ‘Elon they need it really really badly in NC,'” he recalled.
“He had that there so fast it was incredible. He saved a lot of lives..he’s a special guy, he’s a super-genius, we have to protect our geniuses.”
Meanwhile, the love was reciprocated throughout the night by the X owner who repeatedly took to the social media platform to praise the decision of Americans to side with Trump.
He even hinted at assuming a role in the Trump administration himself.
Musk shared an edited photograph of himself standing in the Oval Office with the caption “Let that sink in.”
“The people of America gave @realDonaldTrump a crystal clear mandate for change tonight,” he later added.
Another post read, “The future is going to be fantastic,” accompanied by a photo of Space X’s starship blasting off.
With the re-election of Trump, Musk is set to become the most powerful man on the planet, it has been claimed.
The richest man in the world has emerged as a unique influence on the election campaign – and has become the biggest cheerleader of Trump.
The tech mogul has been dubbed Trump’s “shadow vice president”, and went all in to support and campaign for the former president.
'We've entered a new world' after Trump's win and Musk will spearhead change
Professor Anthony Glees, an expert on security and intelligence and European affairs has spoken exclusively to The Sun about the results of the US Election.
“We’ve entered a new world,” Glees said as Trump won the swing state of Pennsylvania.
“Many things are now going to change, fundamentally,” he added claiming that much of this change will be spearheaded by Space X founder Elon Musk.
“In America, there’ll be a revolution in how it deals with itself – led, as I’ve predicted, by Elon Musk.
“He’ll play a major role inside but also in how it deals with us in Europe.”
Not only has he become a mega-donor for the Republican nominee, pumping millions of dollars into the GOP campaign, but also a social media strategist and a PR expert who has been working to promote Trump’s MAGA agenda.
Dr Alan Mendoza, political expert and executive director of leading Brit think tank Henry Jackson Society, said Musk is seeking to become powerful in both business and politics.
He told The Sun: “There’s clearly a power factor involved here.
“If you’ve got control of significant communications and means of communications and you’ve then got a friendly president who’s willing to give you a push on whatever you are doing, that gives you tremendous power in the business as well as the political world.”
Meanwhile, as a second Trump presidency is all but guaranteed, Harris’ camp is downcast and quiet.
Fox News reported that Harris’ press spokesperson has told staff not to talk to the media.
A CNN reporter at the Harris campaign HQ in Washington DC said that they were getting “silence” from the Harris team.
“We still have votes to count,” her campaign co-chair Cedric Richmond said.
“We still have states that have not been called yet. We will continue overnight to fight to make sure that every vote is counted, that every voice has spoken.”