Donald Trump says is open to naming Elon Musk as an adviser

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00:00Two billionaires who did not always get along.

00:03Donald Trump and Elon Musk now appear to be the best of friends.

00:06Just two years ago, they were lobbing insults at each other,

00:09but the pair has forged an alliance.

00:11Trump was banned from Twitter for inciting violence,

00:15but Musk recently reinstated him with much fanfare

00:18and a two-hour broadcast on the social media platform.

00:21Well, it's an honor. We view that as an honor.

00:24Delayed because of technical problems,

00:27once it got going, the pair agreed on a number of issues.

00:31We don't have a secure border.

00:32It looks like a World War Z zombie apocalypse.

00:35We're going to have the largest deportation in history of this country,

00:39and we have no choice.

00:41I'm not sure we've got a country.

00:42You don't have a country, Elon.

00:43Musk is considered the world's richest man,

00:46as head of both SpaceX and the electric car maker Tesla.

00:49During an interview with France Télévision,

00:51he implied that he wielded more power than the U.S. president.

00:55The U.S. presidency is like being captain of a very large ship with a small rudder.

01:04So you're telling me you're more powerful than the U.S. president?

01:07I mean, I can't declare war on people.

01:09Until 2020, Musk said that he overwhelmingly voted for Democrats,

01:14but now he envisions himself as part of a new Trump administration,

01:17posting this AI-generated image of himself as the head of a department of efficiency,

01:22adding that he was willing to serve, something Trump has welcomed.

01:26I'd love it if it were foam.

01:27Well, you, you're the greatest cutter.

01:30It's an alliance that is ideological and strategic.

01:34Musk is said to be donating $45 million a month to Trump's campaign.

01:39As a result, Trump has reversed his position on electric vehicles.

01:43And I'm for electric cars.

01:44I have to be, you know, because Elon endorsed me very strongly, Elon.

01:50An endorsement Trump sees as a badge of honor,

01:53having published a video generated by artificial intelligence of the pair grooving side-by-side.

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