Mick Mulvaney, who was the former President Trump’s acting chief of staff, mentioned in an interview on Thursday that he remembered Elon Musk coming to the White House frequently while Trump was in charge.
“This is a dynamic that goes back several years — Elon Musk was in the White House fairly regularly when I was there,” Mulvaney said in an interview on “The Hill on NewsNation.”
This statement from Mulvaney follows reports that Trump and Musk had a recent meal together as Trump’s campaign works to strengthen his finances before facing President Biden again.
When asked about the meeting in a recent interview, Musk told journalist Don Lemon, “I was at a breakfast at a friend’s place, and Donald Trump came by,” adding, “That’s it.” confirmed Mulvaney, during the interview on Thursday, advised not to make too much of the location of the meeting when asked about its significance taking place outside of Mar a Lago, the lavish Florida resort where Trump lives and often hosts guests for meetings.
“I wouldn’t read a lot into that. I’d read a little bit of that. That’s a good point, as opposed to, you know, Trump calling him up and saying, ‘Come on down to Mar a Lago’ or something like that. I can see that,” Mulvaney said.
However, he did mention that he believes the meeting was probably a result of Trump’s interest in media.
“I’m sure he’s fascinated with Elon Musk’s acquisition of X. He would love to see, be able to do something with Truth Social and X. So this is just Donald Trump being Donald Trump, the business person,” Mulvaney said.
He also added that he doesn't read too much into where they were meeting and suggested that if a former president of the United States was going to go anywhere, it would be to the house of the first or second richest person in the world.
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Mick Mulvaney, who served as former President Trump’s acting chief of staff, said in a Thursday interview he recalled billionaire Elon Musk visiting the White House “fairly regularly” while Trump was in office. “This is a dynamic that goes back several years — Elon Musk was in the White House fairly regularly when I was…
