Donald Trump actually said...

"Elon is -- to me a patriot. So, you know, you could call him an employee. You could call him a consultant, you could call him whatever you want. But he's a patriot."

"Elon is, to me, a patriot. So, you know, you could call him an employee. You could call him a consultant. You could call him whatever you want."

"The cartels have become so large and powerful that you sometimes need an army to defeat an army."

"Well, I mean, I'm just hearing about it. And if there is and he told me before I told him, but obviously I will not let there be any conflict of interest. So anything to do with possibly even space, w..."