Trump Calls Musk 'A Friend of Mine,' Praises Tesla

At the federal level, we abolished it, which is basically that everybody will be driving an electric car within a very short period of time. Now I know why Elon doesn't like me so much, which he does, actually. He does. And he never had a problem. You know, it's very interesting. This is not something new. This has been there from day one, Speaker. Right? We're going to abolish the EV mandate. And Elon still endorsed me because, honestly, he never, ever spoke to me about that. And I used to say, I'm amazed that he's endorsing me because that can't be good for him. I'm abolishing the EV mandate. And I once asked him about it. He never talked to me about that. He said, well, as long as it's happening to everybody, I'll be able to compete. It's a very interesting answer. I thought it was a very honest answer, to be honest with you. And I talked about it. That's incredible. You know, you would have thought he would have been from day one. You got to make sure you don't do the EV mandate, the abolishing. He never did. He was very honest in that sense. And he did say to me — I actually asked him because it was, like, really strange how I'm with him. He's very — you know, a friend of mine. And he makes electric cars. And we're saying, you're not going to be able to make electric cars. Or you're not going to be forced to make all of those cars. You can make them, but it'll be by the market, judged by the market. And that's what he said. He said, as long as I'm on the same plane as everybody else, we're going to do good and make a better product. I said, that's very cool. That's very cool. That was my answer. After that, he got a little bit strange, but I — I don't know why, over much smaller things than that.