“What is Starlink?” Trump speaks with Elon Musk, Starship, and SpaceX in his election night victory speech (video)

“What is Starlink?” Trump speaks with Elon Musk, Starship, and SpaceX in his election night victory speech (video)

President-elect Donald Trump praised Elon Musk and SpaceX during his election night victory speech.

In a speech broadcast Tuesday evening (November 5), Trump recalled watching the final and fifth flight test of SpaceX’s Starship rocket, as well as his conversations with SpaceX CEO Elon Musk about using the company’s Starlink satellites in North Carolina after… Missile launch incident. Deadly effects of Hurricane Helen.

“And I called Elon and said, ‘Elon, is that you?’ He said, ‘Yes, it was.’ And I said, ‘Who can do it? Can Russia do it? Can China do it?’ ‘No.’” Trump He said in the speechHe recalled watching the most recent Starship test in which the massive rocket was grabbed by the “chopstick” arms on SpaceX’s launch tower. “Can the United States do this other than you?” “No, no one can do that.” I said, “This is why I love you, Elon. This is great.”

Elon Musk and President-elect Donald Trump during a campaign event at Butler Farm Show in Butler, Pennsylvania, US, on Saturday, October 5, 2024. (Image credit: Justin Merriman/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

Trump said he had to hold the donor on hold for 45 minutes while watching the test flight, which he said he thought was “a space age movie or something.”

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