Elon Musk Explains What He Thinks Convinced Americans Trump Is Just A 'Normal Person'
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The tech billionaire sat down with Tucker Carlson the night of Trump's presidential victory.
Elon Musk has some theories about what helped Donald Trump secure another term in the White House, telling Tucker Carlson how Trump’s slew of podcast interviews let voters see he was just a “normal person.”
In an interview at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort late Tuesday, Musk said the president-elect’s appearances on long-form podcast like “The Joe Rogan Experience” made a “big difference” in how he was able to connect with Americans.
According to Musk, Trump won over voters by appearing like “a reasonably-minded, smart person who’s not, like, hardcore one way or the other” during those interviews.
“They just listen to someone talk for a few hours and that’s how they decide whether, you know, you’re a good person, whether they like you,” he added.
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