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唐纳德·特朗普和埃隆·马斯克与肖恩·汉尼蒂一同在白宫接受采访,这是他们首次共同参加电视采访,重点讨论政府效率部(DOGE)以及本届政府执政初期的情况。
Donald Trump and Elon Musk sit down together with Sean Hannity at the White House for their first joint TV interview, focused on DOGE and the administration's early days.
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而且一刻也不能再等了。以下是我对特朗普总统和埃隆·马斯克采访的第一部分。>> 我必须从这件事开始说起。他在政府效率部(DOGE)无偿工作,他暂停了自己生活中的许多事情。几年前你起诉了 Twitter,你让他赔了你1000万美元。>> 没错。早在他拥有它之前我就这么说过。他们真的狠狠整了我。我起诉了,他们必须赔钱,他们支付了1000万美元和解金。>> 你对此没意见吗?
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>> 我把这事交给了律师和运营 Twitter 的团队,所以我说,你们认为怎么合理就怎么做。>> 我本来想拿到比这多得多的钱。>> 你给了他一个折扣。>> 他得到了很大的折扣。我觉得他甚至都不知道这件事。>> 他已经成了你最好的朋友之一。他在无偿为你工作。[同时说话] >> 我认为特朗普总统是个好人。>> 总统受到了媒体极其不公正的攻击。
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这实在令人愤慨。到目前为止,我已经与总统相处了很长时间,我一次都没见过他做任何卑鄙、残忍或错误的事。一次都没有。>> 我认识他30年了。我从没见过任何人承受像他这么多的事情。我们讨论过这个,比如你是怎么应对的。[同时说话] >> 然后最终发展成了暗杀企图,促使你作出了背书。>> 不管怎样,我本来就会这么做。
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>> 暗杀发生的那一天。>> 不管怎样,我本来就会这么做。>> 请允许我说,我确信人们对埃隆只了解一点点。我不感谢他们了解他的一切,因为在我为这次采访进行研究和准备时,我了解到了很多以前不知道的关于你的事情。
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人们会想到 Tesla,想到民主党人妖魔化你并试图让这个国家憎恨你。我只是希望人们能更好地了解你,也了解这位你已经逐渐认识并给予了极大信任的人。让我们简单回顾一下你的履历,从 PayPal 开始,以及你是如何参与 Tesla、SpaceX 和 Neuralink 的。>> 我认为自己是一名技术专家,我努力创造能够改善世界的技术。
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所以我的 T 恤上写着“技术支持”,因为我是来为总统提供技术支持的。这可能看起来像是,那是不是一件很傻的事,但实际上这是一件非常重要的事,因为总统会发布这些对国家非常合理、非常有益的行政命令,但它们随后却得不到落实。
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以移民酒店的资金为例,总统发布了一项行政命令,要求我们停止拿纳税人的钱为非法移民支付豪华酒店费用。这毫无道理。人们不希望自己的税款被用来资助供非法移民入住的高档酒店。然而,甚至迟至上周,他们仍在这么做。所以我们介入了,而这违反了总统命令,必须停止。
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所以我们在这里所做的事情中,团队最重要的职能之一,就是确保总统的行政命令得到执行。这是一件非常重要的事。总统是人民选出的代表,代表人民的意愿;如果官僚机构对抗人民的意愿,阻止总统落实人民想要的东西,那么我们生活在其中的就是官僚体制,而不是民主制度。
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>> 肖恩:你们两位都清楚,你们必须敏锐地意识到,媒体和评论人士阶层,我认为你们已经证明他们不再拥有任何力量。他们把自己拥有的一切都用来对付你,但他们没有赢。那包括《纽约时报》《华盛顿邮报》、每一档深夜友好节目,他们就是……现在我看到他们想让你们——他们想让你们分道扬镳。他们希望你们开始彼此憎恨。比如“埃隆·马斯克总统”。
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你们确实知道他们正在这样对付你们吧?>> 我一直都看得到。他们试过,然后又停了。他们有许多不同的仇恨手段。埃隆说,他们正试图离间我们,我说,完全正确。他们说,我们有突发新闻:唐纳德·特朗普已把总统职位的控制权让给埃隆·马斯克。马斯克总统将在今晚8:00出席内阁会议,而我说,这实在太明显了。他们太不擅长干这个了。
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我过去以为他们很擅长。如果他们真擅长,我绝不可能当上总统,因为我认为历史上从来没有任何人得到过比我更多的负面报道。我得到的报道有98%是负面的。除了你和你的几个朋友之外,这简直是最疯狂的事情。你知道我明白了什么吗?人民很聪明。他们懂。他们确实看得出正在发生什么。
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>> 在这次采访结束时,我希望人们能了解你们之间的关系,也更了解你。总统先生,你们是什么关系?>> 我尊重他。我一直都尊重他。我从来不知道他在某些事情上是对的,而且他加热了星链。他做的事情太先进了,没人知道它们穿的是什么。我可以告诉你,在北卡罗来纳州,他们当时完全无法通信。
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那些人之间隔着河流——从未见过水的土地突然之间出现了一条河。那里有人正在死去,完全没有通信。他们说,你认识埃隆·马斯克,而他们没有……他们说,你能弄到星链吗,如果这是我第一次听说它。太不可思议了。他说——我说,他们真的需要它,而他弄来了数千套这种通信设备,挽救了许多人的生命。你必须等很长时间才能拿到它。
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而他立刻就把它送到了他们手中,我说,这相当了不起,我甚至都不知道他有这个。我们观看火箭飞船,也观看了 Tesla。对我产生影响的一件事,是我看到火箭飞船返回,然后被抓住,就像你抱住一个漂亮的小婴儿一样。[同时说话] >> 他说,如果你每飞一次就要把10亿美元扔进海里,那你根本没法真正开展火箭项目。你必须把它保住。
第 15 段
这是我第一次看到有人做到这一点。其他任何人都做不到。他们很长时间内也做不到。他掌握了这项技术。你会了解到——我希望有一个真正聪明的人在国家事务方面与我合作。这是一个非常重要的方面。他实际上也是一位非常出色的商人。当他谈到行政命令时,这一点对所有总统而言可能都是真的,你写下一项行政命令,以为它已经完成了。
第 16 段
它却得不到落实,他们不落实它。有些人可能来自上一届政府,在某些情况下就是这样,你会设法尽快把他们赶出去。他一说这话,我就说,这很有意思。你写下一份漂亮的……他拿过去,然后带着他的100个天才,他手下有一些非常出色的年轻人为他工作,他们穿得比他差得多。他们穿 T 恤。>> 肖恩:他是你的技术支持。>> 他能把事情办成。
第 17 段
你有很多技术人员。他能把事情办成。我说,在房地产行业,你会遇到一些人为建筑绘制漂亮的效果图,他们会问你什么时候开工,但他们永远都无法让它建成。他们拿不到融资……然后你还有另一些人能把事情办成。房地产行业如此,这件事也一样。
第 18 段
所以当他说这件事时,当你签署许多这类行政命令时,其中很多都没有得到执行。他会拿着我签署的那项行政命令,让那些人前往相关机构,不管是哪一家,问你什么时候执行,把它办成。某个可能不想做的人突然之间就在签字。>> 肖恩:这些命令中有很多必须被编纂成法律吗?>> 是的,而且它们会的。与此同时,我们有4年时间。
第 19 段
所以我喜欢一开始就这么做。而行政命令很棒。这个……当他们发布所有这些行政命令时,它们糟透了。他们的行政命令非常糟糕,如果他们真的把这些命令编纂成法律,你就永远无法废除它们。所以拜登对这个国家造成的破坏,而且那甚至不是拜登,而是椭圆形办公室里的人。他们对这个国家造成的破坏,比如说在开放边境方面。
第 20 段
事情太多了。开放边境,数百万人被送进我们的国家,而这些人中有数十万是罪犯和杀人犯。他们是毒贩、帮派成员、来自世界各地监狱的人。我们有一位非常棒的人,汤姆·霍曼,他做得好得令人难以置信。96%。他是个了不起的人。克里斯蒂·诺姆的工作也做得令人难以置信。他想要她,并说她非常强硬。
第 21 段
我说,我不觉得她是那样的人。她人非常好。她骑着马,她很棒。但我们拥有的团队确实……那些行政命令,我当时签署了,而现在它们被转交给他、他的团队以及其他人。它们全都在得到落实。我们正在把它们完成。>> 限制回到一点你的背景。那令人印象深刻到无以复加。你是总工程师,是Tesla的早期信奉者。
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你成为了首席执行官,后来又成为总工程师,这非常了不起。SpaceX也是一样,令人难以置信。你们是第一家公司,第一家成功将宇航员送入太空的私营公司。第一家将宇航员送入轨道的私营公司。>> 他很快就会进入轨道。他会去火星。>> 他们问,你想在火星上染色吗?我说想,但不是在撞击时。>> 肖恩:这会很难。
第 23 段
我感觉自己是在采访两兄弟。星盾可用于国防。>> 它已经被用于国防了。>> 肖恩:然后你有Tesla的一部分,一条机器人手臂。然后你有一个人工智能部门,再然后你还有一个真正令我着迷的东西。它叫Neuralink。你是否介意帮助盲人看见……他们可以恢复过去曾经的——距离它取得成功还有多近?
第 24 段
>> 到目前为止,我们已经为3名四肢瘫痪患者植入了Neuralink,它让他们只需思考就能直接控制自己的手机或电脑。这就像心灵感应。你只需思考就能控制电脑。控制电脑的速度甚至可能比双手功能正常的人还快。下一步是在这些——神经元受损位置之后再添加第2个植入物,从而让人能够重新行走。
第 25 段
他们可以恢复全身功能。>>你喜欢鲍比·赖特吗?>>我喜欢鲍比。我支持过他。他……但我认为他不是。他只是想质疑科学,而这正是科学的本质——科学铸造的——方法就是质疑。>>肖恩:我们了解了很多……而这引出了一个问题,世界上最富有的人们,你可能不喜欢这一点。但他在你的牙齿上。
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>> 我本来想找一个比他更聪明的人。我到处找,但就是找不到。 >> 你真的试过了。 >> 为了国家,我们有了他。我们最终选定了这个家伙。 >> 谢谢你邀请我。 [同时说话] >> 肖恩:我不愿意这么问你,但我无论如何都要问。你正在做所有这些事情。DOGE 没有人拿到一分钱。 >> 有些人是联邦雇员。
第 27 段
可以说,那些软件工程师本来每年可以赚数百万美元,而他们作为联邦雇员赚到的只是其中很小一部分。 >> 而且他们都是非常投入的人。 >> 肖恩:你致力于帮助盲人重见光明、帮助脊髓损伤患者康复,你致力于前往火星。你致力于——你下个月将帮助营救2名宇航员,我认为他们被遗弃了。
第 28 段
他们在一次采访中对此提出异议。 >> 我们正在加快宇航员的返回,而这件事原本被推迟了…… >> 他们被留在了太空。 >> 他们原本应该在那里待8天,却被留在那里待了300天。 >> 他们是出于政治原因被留在那里的,这不好。 >> 肖恩:如果我承受着做那件事的重担和压力,我感谢我会——我们在进行这次采访前谈过,你非常有信心。
第 29 段
你认为这次任务会成功。 >> 我们不想自满,但我们以前已经多次将宇航员带回来,而且每次都成功了。只要我们不自满。 >> 你们什么时候发射? >> 大约4周后。 >> 你们现在已经得到许可了。他们在拜登执政时没有得到许可。他本来要把他们留在太空。我觉得他本来要把他们留在太空。他不想要这种曝光。你能相信吗?
第 30 段
>> 肖恩:难以置信。我想呼应总统说过的一件事,并问一个总体性问题。人们遭到飓风海伦袭击,他们无法与外界通信。你向那些人捐赠了。 >> 他在北卡罗来纳州挽救了许多生命。 >> 还有加州山火之后。 >> 他们真的陷入了困境。他们无法通信。他们正因饥饿而死。他在北卡罗来纳州挽救了许多生命。
第 31 段
>> 现在你又要去营救宇航员。而且再说一次,你做了所有这些事,我本以为自由派会喜欢你拥有全世界最大的电动汽车公司这一事实。 >> 我过去很受左派爱戴。如今没那么受爱戴了。这就是——他们称之为“特朗普精神错乱综合征”。直到——你才会意识到这有多真实——你没法跟人讲道理。
第 32 段
我当时在一个朋友的生日聚会上,那是一场舒适安静的晚餐,一切都很正常,而我不得不提到总统的名字。那就像他们被一个含有甲基苯丙胺和狂犬病的开始击中了一样。比如,各位,你们没法进行正常的对话。就像他们已经变得完全不理性了。 >> 肖恩:如果你跟他是朋友,你就要付出代价。走进一家餐厅,就像有半个房间的人都向你投来匕首。 >> 这太疯狂了。
第 33 段
我有一些……一个大型活动,但我是去年年初收到邀请的,而且即使在我支持特朗普总统之后,我仍然出席了,我没意识到那会对我受到的接待产生多么深刻的影响。我走进房间,所有人都对我投来不友善的目光。要是眼神能杀人,我早就死过好几回了。[同时说话]
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AND NOT A MOMENT TOO SOON. HERE IS PART ONE OF MY INTERVIEW WITH PRESIDENT TRUMP AND ELON MUSK. >> I HAVE TO START WITH THIS. HE’S WORKING FOR FREE WITH DOGE, HE’S PUT A LOT OF HIS LIFE ON HOLD. YOU SUED TWITTER A NUMBER OF YEARS AGO, YOU MADE HIM PAY YOU $10 MILLION. >> THAT’S RIGHT. I SAID FROM LONG BEFORE HE HAD IT. THEY REALLY DID A NUMBER ON ME. I SUED AND THEY HAD TO PAY AND THEY PAID $10 MILLION SETTLEMENT. >> YOU ARE OKAY WITH THAT?
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>> I LIFTED UP TO THE LAWYERS AND THE TEAM RUNNING TWITTER SO I SAID YOU DO WHAT YOU THINK MAKES SENSE. >> I WAS LOOKING TO GET MUCH MORE MONEY THAN THAT. >> YOU GIVE HIM A DISCOUNT. >> HE GOT A BIG DISCOUNT. I DON’T THINK EVEN KNOWS ABOUT IT. >> HE’S BECOME ONE OF YOUR BEST FRIENDS. HE’S WORKING FOR FREE FOR YOU. [SIMULTANEOUS TALKING] >> I THINK PRESIDENT TRUMP IS A GOOD MAN. >> THE PRESIDENT HAS BEEN SO UNFAIRLY ATTACKED IN THE MEDIA.
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IT’S REALLY OUTRAGEOUS. AT THIS POINT I’VE SPENT A LOT OF TIME WITH THE PRESIDENT AND NOT ONCE HAVE I SEEN HIM DO SOMETHING THAT WAS MEAN OR CRUEL OR WRONG. NOT ONCE. >> I’VE KNOWN HIM FOR 30 YEARS. I’VE NEVER SEEN ANYBODY TAKE AS MUCH AS HE’S TAKEN. WE’VE DISCUSSED THIS LIKE HOW DO YOU DEAL WITH IT. [SIMULTANEOUS TALKING] >> AND THEN CULMINATING INTO ASSASSINATION ATTEMPTS WHICH RESULTED IN YOUR ENDORSEMENT. >> I WAS GOING TO DO IT ANYWAY.
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>> THE DAY OF THE ASSASSINATION. >> I WAS GOING TO DO IT ANYWAY. >> WITH YOUR INDULGENCE, I’M CONVINCED THAT PEOPLE ONLY KNOW A LITTLE BIT ABOUT ELON. I DON’T THANK THEY KNOW EVERYTHING ABOUT HIM BECAUSE AS I STUDIED AND PREPARE FOR THIS INTERVIEW, I LEARNED A LOT ABOUT YOU THAT I DIDN’T KNOW.
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PEOPLE WILL THINK ABOUT TESLA, DEMOCRATS DEMONIZING YOU AND TRYING TO MAKE THE COUNTRY HATE YOU, I JUST WANT PEOPLE TO UNDERSTAND YOU A LITTLE BIT BETTER AND THE PERSON THAT YOU’VE GOTTEN TO KNOW AND HAVE PUT A LOT OF TRUST IN. LET’S GO OVER A LITTLE BIT OF YOUR BIO STARTING WITH PAYPAL AND HOW YOU BECAME INVOLVED IN TESLA AND SPACEX AND NEURAL LINK >> I THINK I’M A TECHNOLOGIST AND I TRY TO MAKE TECHNOLOGIES THAT IMPROVE THE WORLD.
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THAT’S WHY MY T-SHIRTS AS TECH-SUPPORT BECAUSE I’M HERE TO PROVIDE THE PRESIDENT WITH TECHNOLOGY SUPPORT. THAT MAY SEEM LIKE IS THAT A SILLY THING BUT ACTUALLY IT’S A VERY IMPORTANT THING BECAUSE THE PRESIDENT WILL MAKE THESE EXECUTIVE ORDERS WHICH ARE VERY SENSIBLE AND GOOD FOR THE COUNTRY BUT THAN THEY DON’T GET IMPLEMENTED.
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IF YOU TAKE THE FUNDING FOR THE MIGRANT HOTELS, THE PRESIDENT ISSUED AN EXECUTIVE ORDER THAT WE NEED TO STOP TAKING TAXPAYER MONEY AND PAYING FOR LUXURY HOTELS FOR ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS. IT MAKES NO SENSE. PEOPLE DO NOT WANT THEIR TAX DOLLARS GOING TO FUND HIGH-END HOTELS FOR ILLEGALS. YET THEY ARE STILL DOING THAT EVEN AS LATE AS LAST WEEK. SO WE WENT IN THERE AND THIS IS A VIOLATION OF THE PRESIDENTIAL ORDER, A NEEDS TO STOP.
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SO WHAT WE’RE DOING HERE IS ONE OF THE BIGGEST FUNCTIONS OF THE TEAM IS MAKING SURE THAT THE PRESIDENT EXECUTIVE ORDERS ARE CARRIED OUT. THIS IS A VERY IMPORTANT THING. THE PRESIDENT IS THE ELECTED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE PEOPLE. REPRESENTING THE WILL OF THE PEOPLE AND IF THE BUREAUCRACY IS FIGHTING THE WILL OF THE PEOPLE AND PREVENTING THE PRESIDENT FROM IMPLEMENTING WHAT THE PEOPLE WANT THEN WHAT WE LIVE IN IS A BUREAUCRACY AND NOT DEMOCRACY.
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>> Sean: YOU ARE BOTH AWARE, YOU HAVE TO BE KEENLY AWARE THAT THE MEDIA AND THE PUNDITRY CLASS , I THINK YOU’VE PROVEN THEY HAVE NO POWER ANYMORE. THEY THREW EVERYTHING THEY HAD AT YOU AND THEY DIDN’T WIN. AND THAT WAS "THE NEW YORK TIMES", "WASHINGTON POST", EVERY LATE-NIGHT COMITY SHOW, THEY JUST... NOW I SEE THEY WANT YOU -- THEY WANT A DIVORCE. THEY WANT YOU TO START HATING EACH OTHER. PRESIDENT ELON MUSK FOR EXAMPLE.
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YOU DO KNOW THAT THEY ARE DOING THAT TO YOU? >> I SEE IT ALL THE TIME. THEY TRIED AND THAN THEY STOPPED. THEY HAVE MANY DIFFERENT THINGS OF HATRED. ELON SAID THEY ARE TRYING TO DRIVE US APART, I SAID ABSOLUTELY. THEY SAID WE HAVE BREAKING NEWS DONALD TRUMP HAS CEDED CONTROL OF THE PRESIDENCY TO ELON MUSK. PRESIDENT MUSK WILL BE ATTENDING A CABINET MEETING TONIGHT AT 8:00 AND I SAID IT IS SO OBVIOUS. THEY ARE SO BAD AT IT.
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I USED TO THINK THEY WERE GOOD AT IT. IF THEY WERE GOOD AT IT I WOULD NEVER BE PRESIDENT BECAUSE I THINK NOBODY IN HISTORY HAS EVER GOTTEN MORE BAD PUBLICITY THAN ME. I GET 98% BAD PUBLICITY. OUTSIDE OF YOU AND A FEW OF YOUR FRIENDS, IT’S LIKE THE CRAZIEST THING. YOU KNOW WHAT I HAVE LEARNED, THE PEOPLE ARE SMART. THEY GET IT. THEY REALLY SEE WHAT’S HAPPENING.
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>> AT THE END OF THIS INTERVIEW WHAT I WOULD LIKE IS I WANT PEOPLE TO KNOW THE RELATIONSHIP AND KNOW MORE ABOUT YOU. WHAT IS THE RELATIONSHIP MR. PRESIDENT? >> I RESPECT HIM. I’VE ALWAYS RESPECTED HIM. I NEVER KNEW THAT HE WAS RIGHT ON CERTAIN THINGS AND HEATED STAR LINK. HE DID THINGS THAT WERE SO ADVANCED THAT NOBODY KNEW WHAT THEY WEAR. I CAN TELL YOU IN NORTH CAROLINA THEY HAD NO COMMUNICATION.
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THOSE PEOPLE HAD RIVERS IN BETWEEN -- LAND THAT NEVER SAW WATER ALL OF A SUDDEN THERE WAS A RIVER. PEOPLE WERE DYING OVER THERE, NO COMMUNICATION. THEY SAID YOU KNOW ELON MUSK AND THEY DIDN’T... THEY SAID COULD YOU GET STAR LINK, IF THE FIRST TIME I EVER HEARD OF IT. IT’S UNBELIEVABLE. HE SAID -- I SAID THEY REALLY NEED IT AND HE GOT THOUSANDS OF UNITS OF THIS COMMUNICATION AND IT SAVED A LOT OF LIVES. YOU HAVE TO WAIT A LONG TIME TO GET IT.
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AND HE GOT IT TO THEM IMMEDIATELY AND I SAID THAT’S PRETTY AMAZING AND I DIDN’T EVEN KNOW HE HAD IT. WE WATCH THE ROCKET SHIP’S AND WE WATCHED TESLA. SOMETHING THAT HAD AN EFFECT WAS WHEN I SAW THE ROCKET SHIP COME BACK AND GET GRABBED LIKE YOU GRAB A BEAUTIFUL LITTLE BABY. [SIMULTANEOUS TALKING] >> HE SAID YOU CAN’T REALLY HAVE A ROCKET PROGRAM IF YOU ARE GOING TO DUMP A BILLION DOLLARS INTO THE OCEAN EVERY TIME YOU FLY. YOU HAVE TO SAVE IT.
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FIRST TIME I’VE EVER SEEN THAT DONE. NOBODY ELSE COULD DO IT. THEY WON’T BE ABLE TO DO IT FOR A LONG TIME. HE HAS THE TECHNOLOGY. YOU LEARN -- I WANTED SOMEBODY REALLY SMART TO WORK WITH ME IN TERMS OF THE COUNTRY. A VERY IMPORTANT ASPECT. IS ACTUALLY A VERY GOOD BUSINESSMAN. WHEN HE TALKS ABOUT THE EXECUTIVE ORDERS, THIS IS PROBABLY TRUE FOR ALL PRESIDENTS, YOU WRITE AN EXECUTIVE ORDER ANY THINK IT’S DONE.
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IT DOESN’T GET IMPLEMENTED, THEY DON’T IMPLEMENT IT. MAYBE FROM THE LAST ADMINISTRATION THEY ARE IN SOME CASES, YOU TRY TO GET THEM OUT AS FAST AS YOU CAN. AS SOON AS HE SAID THAT I SAID THAT’S INTERESTING. YOU WRITE A BEAUTIFUL... HE TAKES IT AND WITH HIS HUNDRED GENIUSES HE’S GOT SOME BRILLIANT YOUNG PEOPLE WORKING FOR HIM THAT DRESS MUCH WORSE THAN HIM. THEY DRESS IN T-SHIRTS. >> Sean: HE IS YOUR TECH-SUPPORT. >> HE GETS IT DONE.
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YOU’VE GOT A LOT OF TECH PEOPLE. HE GETS IT DONE. I SAID IN REAL ESTATE YOU HAD GUYS THAT WOULD DRAW BEAUTIFUL RENDERINGS ON THE BUILDING AND THEY WOULD SAY WHEN YOU STARTING BUT THEY WERE NEVER ABLE TO GET IT BUILDS. THEY COULDN’T GET THE FINANCING ... AND THEN YOU HAVE OTHER GUYS THAT ARE ABLE TO GET IT DONE. THAT WAS IN REAL ESTATE. SAME THING IN THIS.
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SO WHEN HE SAID THAT, WHEN YOU SIGN A LOT OF THESE EXECUTIVE ORDERS A LOT OF THEM DON’T GET DONE. HE WOULD TAKE THAT EXECUTIVE ORDER THAT I HAD SIGNED AND HE WOULD HAVE THOSE PEOPLE GO TO WHATEVER AGENCY IT WAS, WHEN YOU DOING IT, GET IT DONE. SOME GUY THAT MAY BE DIDN’T WANT TO DO IT ALL OF A SUDDEN HE’S SIGNING. >> Sean: DO A LOT OF THOSE ORDERS HAVE TO BE CODIFIED INTO LAW? >> YES, AND THEY WILL BE. IN THE MEANTIME WE HAVE FOUR YEARS.
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THAT’S WHY I LIKE DOING IT RIGHT AT THE BEGINNING. AND EXECUTIVE ORDER IS GREAT. THE... WHEN THEY DID ALL THESE EXECUTIVE ORDERS, THEY WERE TERRIBLE. THEIR EXECUTIVE ORDERS WERE SO BAD, IF THEY EVER GOT THEM CODIFIED YOU NEVER BE ABLE TO BREAK THEM. SO THE DAMAGE THAT BIDEN HAS DONE TO THIS COUNTRY, AND IT’S NOT EVEN BIDEN, IT’S THE PEOPLE IN THE OVAL OFFICE. THE DAMAGE THEY DID TO THIS COUNTRY IN TERMS OF LET’S SAY OPEN BORDERS.
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THERE ARE SO MANY THINGS. OPEN BORDERS WHERE MILLIONS OF PEOPLE ARE PUT INTO OUR COUNTRY AND HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF THOSE PEOPLE ARE CRIMINALS AND MURDERERS. THEY ARE DRUG DEALERS, GANG MEMBERS, PEOPLE FROM PRISONS ALL OVER THE WORLD. AND WE HAVE A GREAT GUY TOM HOMAN AND HE’S DOING SO INCREDIBLY. 96%. HE’S A PHENOMENAL GUY. AND KRISTI NOEM IS DOING AN UNBELIEVABLE JOB. HE WANTED HER AND SAID SHE’S SO TOUGH.
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I SAID I DON’T THINK OF HER AS THAT WAY. SHE’S VERY NICE. SHE’S RIDING THE HORSE, SHE’S GREAT. BUT THE TEAM WE HAVE IS REALLY ... THOSE EXECUTIVE ORDERS, I SIGNED THEN AND NOW THEY GET PASSED ONTO HIM AND HIS GROUP AND OTHER PEOPLE. AND THEY WERE ALL GETTING DONE. WE ARE GETTING THEM DONE. >> LIMIT GO BACK A LITTLE BIT TO YOUR BACKGROUND. IT’S BEYOND IMPRESSIVE. YOU WERE THE CHIEF ENGINEER, AN EARLY BELIEVER IN TESLA.
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YOU BECAME THE CEO AND THEN THE CHIEF ENGINEER WHICH WAS PHENOMENAL. SPACEX SAME THING WHICH IS UNBELIEVABLE. YOU ARE THE FIRST COMPANY, PRIVATE COMPANY TO SEND ASTRONAUTS SUCCESSFULLY INTO SPACE. FIRST PRIVATE COMPANY TO SEND ASTRONAUTS INTO ORBIT. >> HE’S GOING TO GO INTO ORBIT SOON. HE’S GOING TO GO TO MARS. >> THEY SAID DO YOU WANT TO DYE ON MARS I SAID YES, BUT NOT ON IMPACT. >> Sean: THIS IS GOING TO BE HARD.
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I FEEL LIKE I’M INTERVIEWING TWO BROTHERS HERE. STAR SHIELD WHICH COULD BE USED FOR NATIONAL DEFENCE. >> IT’S ALREADY BEEN USED FOR NATIONAL DEFENCE. >> Sean: THAN YOU HAVE A PART OF TESLA, A ROBOTIC ARM. THAN YOU HAVE AN AI ARM AND THEN YOU HAVE SOMETHING THAT REALLY FASCINATED ME. IT’S CALLED NEURAL LINK. DO YOU MIND TO HELP THE BLIND TO SEE... THEY CAN RECOVER WERE IN THE PAST -- HOW CLOSE IS THAT BECOMING TO SUCCESS?
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>> WE’VE IMPLANTED NEURAL LINK IN THREE PATIENTS SO FAR WHO ARE QUADRIPLEGICS AND IT ALLOWS THEM TO DIRECTLY CONTROL THEIR PHONE OR COMPUTER JUST BY THINKING. IT’S LIKE TELEPATHY. YOU CONTROL YOUR COMPUTER JUST BY THINKING. IT’S POSSIBLE TO CONTROL THE COMPUTER FASTER THAN SOMEONE WHO HAS WORKING HANDS. THE NEXT STEP WOULD BE TO ADD A SECOND IMPLANT PAST THE POINT WHERE THESE -- THE NEURON IS DAMAGED SO SOMEONE CAN WALK AGAIN.
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THEY CAN HAVE FULL BODY FUNCTIONALITY RESTORED. >> AND YOU LIKE BOBBY WRIGHT? >> I LIKE BOBBY. I SUPPORTED HIM. HE’S... BUT I THINK HE ISN’T. HE JUST WANTS TO QUESTION THE SCIENCE WHICH IS THE ESSENCE OF THE SCIENCE -- THE SCIENTIFIC MINTED -- METHOD IS ABOUT QUESTIONING. >> Sean: WE LEARNED A LOT... AND THAT RAISES A QUESTION, THE RICHEST MEN IN THE WORLD, YOU MAY NOT LIKE THAT PART. BUT HE’S ON YOUR TEETH.
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>> I WANTED TO FIND SOMEBODY SMARTER THAN HIM. I SEARCHED ALL OVER, I JUST COULDN’T DO IT. >> YOU REALLY TRIED. >> WE HAD HIM FOR THE COUNTRY. WE SETTLED ON THIS GUY. >> THANKS FOR HAVING ME. [SIMULTANEOUS TALKING] >> Sean: I HATE TO DO THIS TO YOU BUT I’M GOING TO DO IT ANYWAY. YOU ARE DOING ALL OF THESE THINGS. NOBODY AT DOGE GETS PAID A PENNY. >> SOME PEOPLE ARE FEDERAL EMPLOYEES.
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IT’S FAIR TO SAY THAT THE SOFTWARE ENGINEERS COULD BE EARNING MILLIONS OF DOLLARS A YEAR INSTEAD OF EARNING A SMALL FRACTION OF THAT AS FEDERAL EMPLOYEES. >> AND THEY ARE VERY COMMITTED PEOPLE. >> Sean: YOU ARE COMMITTED TO HELPING THE BLIND SEE PEOPLE WITH SPINAL CORD INJURIES RECOVER, YOU ARE COMMITTED TO GETTING TO MARS. YOU ARE COMMITTED TO -- YOU WILL HELP RESCUE NEXT MONTH TWO ASTRONAUTS THAT I THINK WERE ABANDONED.
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THEY DISPUTE THAT IN AN INTERVIEW. >> WE ARE ACCELERATING THE RETURN OF THE ASTRONAUTS WHICH WAS POSTPONED... >> THEY GOT LEFT IN SPACE. >> THEY WERE SUPPOSED TO BE THERE EIGHT DAYS THEY WERE LEFT UP THERE FOR 300. >> THEY WERE LEFT UP THERE FOR POLITICAL REASONS WHICH IS NOT GOOD. >> Sean: IF I HAD THE WEIGHT AND PRESSURE OF DOING THAT I THANK I WOULD BE -- WE SPOKE BEFORE WE DID THIS INTERVIEW, YOU WERE VERY CONFIDENT.
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YOU THINK THIS WILL BE A SUCCESSFUL MISSION. >> WE DON’T WANT TO BE COMPLACENT BUT WE HAVE BROUGHT ASTRONAUTS BACK MANY TIMES BEFORE AND ALWAYS WITH SUCCESS. AS LONG AS WE ARE NOT COMPLACENT >> WHEN YOU GOING TO LAUNCH? >> IT’S ABOUT FOUR WEEKS. >> YOU NOW HAVE THE GO-AHEAD. THEY DIDN’T HAVE THE GO-AHEAD WITH BIDEN. HE WAS GOING TO LEAVE THEM IN SPACE. I THINK HE WAS GOING TO LEAVE THEM IN SPACE. HE DIDN’T WANT THE PUBLICITY. CAN YOU BELIEVE IT?
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>> Sean: UNBELIEVABLE. I WANT TO ECHO SOMETHING THAT THE PRESIDENT SAID AND ASK AN OVERARCHING QUESTION. SO PEOPLE GOT HIT WITH HURRICANE HELENE, THEY HAVE NO COMMUNICATION WITH THE OUTSIDE WORLD. YOU DONATED TO THE PEOPLE. >> HE SAVED A LOT OF LIVES IN NORTH CAROLINA. >> AND CALIFORNIA AFTER THE WILDFIRES. >> THEY WERE REALLY IN TROUBLE. THEY HAD NO COMMUNICATION. THEY WERE DYING OF STARVATION. HE SAVED A LOT OF LIVES IN NORTH CAROLINA.
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>> NOW YOU ARE GOING TO RESCUE ASTRONAUTS. AND AGAIN YOU DO ALL OF THIS, I WOULD THINK LIBERALS WOULD LOVE THE FACT THAT YOU HAVE THE BIGGEST ELECTRIC VEHICLE COMPANY IN THE WORLD. >> I USED TO BE ADORED BY THE LEFT. LESS SO THESE DAYS. IT’S THIS -- THEY CALL IT TRUMP DERANGEMENT SYNDROME. YOU DON’T REALIZE HOW REAL THIS IS ON TILL -- YOU CAN’T REASON WITH PEOPLE.
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I WAS AT A FRIEND’S BIRTHDAY PARTY AND IT WAS A NICE QUIET DINNER AND EVERYTHING WAS NORMAL AND I HAVE TO MENTION THE PRESIDENT’S NAME. IT WAS LIKE THEY GOT SHOT WITH A START THAT CONTAINED METHAMPHETAMINE AND RABIES. LIKE GUYS YOU CAN’T HAVE A NORMAL CONVERSATION. IT’S LIKE THEY’VE BECOME COMPLETELY IRRATIONAL. >> Sean: IF YOU ARE FRIENDS WITH HIM YOU PAY A PRICE. WALK IN A RESTAURANT AND IT’S LIKE HALF THE ROOM GETS DAGGERS. >> IT’S INSANE.
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I HAD SOME... A BIG EVENT BUT I RECEIVED THE INVITATION AT THE BEGINNING OF LAST YEAR AND I STILL ATTENDED EVEN AFTER I ENDORSED PRESIDENT TRUMP AND I DIDN’T REALIZE HOW PROFOUNDLY THAT WOULD AFFECT HOW I WAS RECEIVED. I WALK INTO THE ROOM AND I’M GETTING THE DIRTY LOOKS FROM EVERYONE. IF LOOKS COULD KILL I WOULD’VE BEEN DEAD SEVERAL TIMES OVER. [SIMULTANEOUS TALKING]