Trump congratulates Elon Musk on trillionaire status
by Jolyon: Donald Trump
Donald Trump said he personally congratulated Elon Musk on becoming the world's first trillionaire, writing, "I wrote Elon a note congratulating him." The two appear to have rekindled their friendship, with the former president signaling a renewed bromance. This was shared in a CNBC exclusive interview from the Oval Office.
Transcript (en)
Have you spoken to Elon since he became a trillionaire? I haven't. No, I wrote him a note. I said, congratulations. Very good. I have a very good relationship with Elon. Elon and I had a little dispute because he backed me 100%. He liked me. He still likes me. But I did a little thing called the electric mandate. We're not going to have an electric mandate where everybody has to have an electric car, where your beautiful son standing over there is mandated to have an electric car if he wants gas-generated or gasoline-generated or a hybrid. And I made so many speeches, and Elon was there for many of them, and I'd always say, we will not have the electric band. But when I actually did it, Elon was not thrilled about that, and I can understand it, but he's doing good. Yeah, he's moved on.
