President Trump talks about paying Elon Musk by check for new Tesla.
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00:00And how does this work?
00:01And I want that same color.
00:02Are you going to put down a credit card?
00:04Elon, would you take a personal check from the President?
00:06I do it the old fashion.
00:07I give checks.
00:08Sure.
00:09I like checks.
00:10Yeah.
00:11I just bet it's good.
00:12Do you still have access?
00:13You know, I like a check better than this modern system of all of a sudden there's money
00:15in your account, nobody knows.
00:17I like signing a check, you sort of, but we're going to, we're going to, and I don't want
00:21a discount.
00:22He would give me a discount.
00:23But if I do a discount, they're going to say, oh, he got benefits.
00:27What about-
00:28I don't want any discounts.
00:29What's your vanity plate?
00:30Yeah.
00:31Let's see.
00:32Truth.
00:33Truth.
00:34There it is.
00:35He downloads playlists.
00:36That one got you by surprise.
00:37Playlist gets downloaded as well.
00:38You can bump your music.
00:39You can do it.
00:40I looked at that dashboard.
00:41You can do anything.
00:42Mr. President, do you think you buying a Tesla will boost Tesla sales and boost their stock?
00:43Well, I hope it does.
00:44Look, look.
00:45I care about one thing.
00:46When somebody's a great patriot, they shouldn't be hurt.
00:47He's a great patriot.
00:48He's a great patriot.
00:49He's a great patriot.
00:50He's a great patriot.
00:51He's a great patriot.
00:52He's a great patriot.
00:53He's a great patriot.
00:54He's a great patriot.
00:55He's a great patriot.
00:56He's a great patriot.
00:57He's a great patriot.
00:58He's a great patriot.
00:59He's a great patriot.
01:00They shouldn't be hurt.
01:01He's a great patriot.
01:02He didn't know me from Adam until we met a little bit when I was in my first term.
01:05But he came out, he endorsed me very strongly.
01:08And I admired that.
01:10I respected that.
01:11And I respected him for years.
01:12I respected him.
01:14And when there was a chance to help our government, you know, you're not going to use an average
01:17person.
01:18Some people would say, well, let's use somebody that failed in business for his whole life.
01:21You know, this guy has been amazing.
01:25But the kind of thinking is from a different age.
01:28It's really from a different age.
01:30When we said, let's cut 2 percent, he said, let's cut 60 percent.
01:35And he turned out to be right.
01:36And a lot of people are just not here.
01:38They don't work for us.
01:39I mean, they're getting checks and they don't work.
01:42And you know, Peter, we've been, we've, look, we have so many different stats and so many
01:46different figures.
01:47And it's so embarrassing to us as a country.
01:50No, we're going to have a streamlined country with good people.
01:53One of the reasons, and I called for the, it wasn't a cabinet meeting, it was just a
01:57meeting of some cabinet members and Elon.
02:00The one thing, and I think he agrees with me 100 percent.
02:02It's one thing to cut, but we want to cut the wrong people, meaning we want to cut people
02:06that aren't doing the job.
02:07We want to keep the right people.
02:10And I said, I don't want to just say we're going to cut 50 percent.
02:13I want to cut the people that aren't doing the job, the people that aren't there, the
02:17people that are scamming the system.
02:19And he agrees with that 100 percent.
02:21Are you sure you don't want to take a test drive?
02:23I'd love to do it.
02:24Maybe I'll do it some other time.
02:25Do you want Elon to keep working with you throughout your first term?
02:28I mean, is there going to be an end date for the two of you working together?
02:31I don't know.
02:32You know, I was thinking about that the other day.
02:34I think he'll know when it's time.
02:35Well, he doesn't want to stay.
02:37He has up to 130 days.
02:38Although I think he does like it.
02:39There's no place like the White House.
02:40Elon, do you want to, would you want to stay?
02:42I don't, I don't think that, I think he wants to get the job, then get back to his businesses.
02:48That's what I think.
02:49I just want to, I'll stay as long as it's useful and not productive.
02:52And if I can help the country, I'll stay and do so.
02:56Thank you, everybody.
02:57Thank you, President Trump.
02:58Thank you, President Trump.
02:59Good-looking guy.
03:00Thank you, Elon.
03:03Thank you, everybody.
03:04Thanks, guys.