Former President Donald Trump praised tech billionaire Elon Musk as a “super genius,” speaking to supporters early Wednesday morning.
Trump told his supporters that Musk’s Starlink satellite service helped save “a lot of lives” during Hurricane Helene, which devastated the southeastern United States in October.
“I said Elon they need it really, really badly in North Carolina. Can you get it? He had that there so fast, it was incredible. It saved a lot of lives. They saved a lot of lives,” Trump said.
Trump then described Musk to the audience as “a character, he’s a special guy, he’s a super genius. We have to protect our geniuses, we don’t have that many of them.”
In October, when Trump told reporters he asked for the communications access, the Federal Emergency Management Agency had already announced that 40 Starlink satellite systems were in place, with an additional 140 on the way. Musk’s Starlink is a government contractor, and Musk has been a stalwart supporter of Trump.
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