Doge chief Elon Musk Unveiled details about his thinking process about endorsing President Trump during a sit-down interview with Trump and Fox News anchor Sean Hannity on Tuesday evening that the president said he had never heard before.
“I was going to do it anyway,” said Musk during the interview that was broadcast on Tuesday evening when Hannity said that his approval came from Trump after an attempt in his life in Butler, Pennsylvania on the campaign track.
“That was it?” Hannity said.
“That was a precipitation event,” said Musk.
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Musk endorsed Trump shortly after the murder attack in his life (AP/Gene J. Puskar/Julia Nikhinson)
“That has accelerated it a bit?” Trump then told Musk. “I didn’t know that.”
Musk replied, “It accelerated it, but I was going to do it anyway.”
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Elon Musk speaks during an event in the Oval Office with President Donald Trump in the White House, Tuesday 11 February 2025, in Washington. (Photo/Alex Brandon) (AP images)
Musk announced That he “fully supports former President Trump” after gunshots in his Pennsylvania -Rally called in a movement that many, including some Democrats, believed that he played an important role in the Trump campaign.
“Not only that he has endorsed (Trump), but the fact that he is now becoming an active participant and pops up and does rallies and does things like that,” Dem. Senator John Fetterman told the New York Times in October and explained that the enormously successful Tesla and SpaceX CEO is an attractive figure for the types of voters that Harris has to win.
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US President Donald Trump speaks to reporters after landing at the International Airport of Palm Beach in West Palm Beach, Florida on February 16, 2025 (Roberto Schmidt / AFP via Getty images)
“I mean, (musk) is incredibly successful, and you know, I think some people would see him as a Tony Stark,” Fetterman said, referring to the popular Marvel Comics character. “Democrats, you know, make it a little light, or they make him jump up and down from the end and things like that. And I would just say that they do that at our danger.”
In one Interview with CNNAdded Fetterman: “Endorsements, they really are not often often, but I think this is. That has been concerned.”
Chris Pandolfo from Fox News Digital has contributed to this report
