"Some people still think Trump is like the devil, basically, Musk said at one point about the president. I think Trump actually is not perfect, but he's not evil. Trump is not evil. I mean, I spent a lot of time with him, and he's, I mean he's a product of his time, but he's not evil."
"One of the things that I looked at the other day was mainstream media coverage of you, Trump, a bunch of different figures, and then Mamdani, Rogan told Musk. It's like 96% negative or something crazy, Musk said. And then Mamdani, which is like 95% positive, Rogan said."
"Musk campaigned with Trump in 2024 and would go on to work directly with him in the White House through his work with DOGE (Department of Government Efficiency). Shortly after Musk departed his role in May, however, the two traded a number of public insults, with Musk heavily critical of elements to the president's One Big Beautiful Bill."
Elon Musk described President Donald Trump as imperfect but not evil, citing personal interactions and calling Trump a product of his time. Musk and Trump share a complicated political relationship that included Musk campaigning for Trump in 2024 and working with the White House through DOGE (Department of Government Efficiency). The relationship later soured, producing public insults, Musk's criticism of parts of the One Big Beautiful Bill, threats to government contracts from Trump, and Musk's deleted X post alleging Epstein-related files. Musk also claimed that real elections would have ended if Trump had lost because Trump enforces the border, and referenced mainstream media coverage statistics.
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