In a must-watch pre-recorded interview on Hannity, President Donald Trump and Elon Musk, the man behind the DOGE team, brutally attacked the mainstream media, the entrenched Washington bureaucracy, and the Biden administration’s incompetence.
The conversation, which touched on everything from Trump’s lawsuit against Twitter to Musk’s behind-the-scenes work ensuring executive orders are enforced, revealed shocking insights into the corruption festering in Washington and the elites’ desperate attempts to undermine Trump’s leadership.
Musk Settles with Trump: A $10 Million Agreement Over Twitter Ban Post-January 6th
Sean Hannity kicked off the interview with a bombshell revelation—Trump had successfully sued Twitter (before Musk’s ownership) and secured a $10 million settlement.
The Gateway Pundit previously reported that President Trump filed a class-action lawsuit against Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg and Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey in July 2021 after the social media giant suspended his account permanently due to the “risk of further incitement of violence.”
According to the lawsuit, Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act, which states that online service providers like Twitter cannot be held responsible for content posted by others, is unconstitutional.
During the interview, Musk revealed he agreed to settle the lawsuit, agreeing to pay $10 million.
Sean Hannity:
“I got to start with this. [Mus] is working for free with DOGE. He’s put a lot of his life on hold. [Trump], you sued Twitter a number of years ago. You just made him pay you $10 million?President Donald Trump:
“That’s right. I sued long before he had it. They really did a number on me. I sued, and they had to pay a $10 million settlement.”Sean Hannity:
“[Musk], you’re okay with that?”Elon Musk:
“I left it up to the lawyers and the team running Twitter. I said, ‘You guys do what you think makes sense.’”Sean Hannity:
“I think it’s funny.”President Donald Trump:
“I think it’s a very low… I was looking to get much more money than that.”Sean Hannity:
“You gave him a discount in the lawsuit?”President Donald Trump:
“He got a big discount. I don’t think he even knows about it.”
Musk: ‘I Love the President’
Musk, who has been vilified by the radical left ever since aligning with Trump, did not mince words about his admiration for the 45th president. “I love the President. I think President Trump is a good man,” Musk said.
He also called out the media’s endless smear campaign against Trump, calling it “outrageous.”
“At this point, I spent a lot of time with the President, and not once have I seen him do something that was mean or cruel or wrong. Not once,” Musk said.
The Assassination Attempt That Sealed Musk’s Endorsement
Musk admitted that the assassination attempt on Trump pushed him to endorse him even faster. “I was going to do it anyway, but that was a precipitating event,” Musk revealed.
Elon Musk endorsed President Trump roughly 30 minutes after he was shot in an assassination attempt during a rally in Butler, Pennsylvania.
“I fully endorse President Trump and hope for his rapid recovery,” he wrote, adding, “Last time America had a candidate this tough was Theodore Roosevelt.”
Musk Takes on the Deep State: ‘We’re Living in a Bureaucracy, Not a Democracy’
Musk also revealed one of his most critical roles in the Trump administration—ensuring that executive orders are actually followed through. The billionaire explained how the federal bureaucracy actively works to thwart the will of the American people.
One particularly damning example Musk provided was Biden’s refusal to cut taxpayer funding for luxury migrant hotels, despite Trump’s executive order demanding an end to the program.
Sean Hannity:
“President, with your indulgence, I’m convinced that people only know a little bit about Elon. I don’t think they know everything about Elon, because as I studied and prepared for this interview, I learned a lot about you that I didn’t know. I think people will think about Tesla, Democrats are demonizing you and trying to make the country hate you.I just want people to understand you a little bit better and the person that you’ve gotten to know and have now put a lot of trust in. Let’s go over a little bit of your bio, starting with PayPal and how you became involved in Tesla and SpaceX and Neuralink and all these.”
Elon Musk:
“I think the way you think of me is like, I’m a technologist, and I try to make technologies that improve the world and make life better. You can show your shirt. Yeah, and that’s why my T-shirt says tech support, because I’m here to provide the President with technology support. Now, that may seem like, well, is that a silly thing?But actually, it’s a very important thing because the President will make these executive orders, which are very sensible and good for the country, but then they don’t get implemented.
If you take, for example, all the funding for the migrant hotels, the President issued an executive order. Hey, we need to stop taking taxpayer money and paying for luxury hotels for illegal immigrants, which makes no sense.
Obviously, people do not want their tax dollars going to fund high-end hotels for illegals. And yet they were still doing that even as late as last week.
We went in there and we were like, ‘This is a violation of the presidential executive order. It needs to stop.’
So what we’re doing here is one of the biggest functions of the DOE’s team is just making sure that the presidential executive orders are actually carried out.
I just want to point out this is a very important thing because the president is the elected representative of the people, so he’s representing the will of the people.
If the bureaucracy is fighting the will of the people and preventing the President from implementing what the people want, then what we live in is a bureaucracy and not a democracy.”
Trump and Musk Confront Media Hypocrisy
As Musk’s relationship with Trump grows stronger, the left has spiraled into hysteria.
Hannity pointed out the extensive challenges Trump and Musk have faced from the media, suggesting that despite heavy scrutiny and opposition, the media have failed to diminish their influence or divide them.
Sean Hannity:
“You’re both aware, you have to be keenly aware, that the media and the punditry class—not that… I think you’ve proven they have no power anymore because they threw everything they had at you, and they didn’t win.
That was the New York Times, Washington Post, three networks, every late-night comedy show, two cable channels. They threw everything: lawfare, weaponization. Now I see they want you two to start… they want a divorce. They want you two to start dating each other. President Elon Musk, for example. You do know that they’re doing that to you?”
President Donald Trump:
“Oh, I see it all the time. They tried it, then they stopped. They have many different things of hatred. Actually, Elon called me. He said, ‘You know they’re trying to drive us apart.’ I said, ‘Absolutely.’They said, ‘We have breaking news. Donald Trump has ceded control of the presidency to Elon Musk, President Musk will be attending a cabinet meeting tonight at eight o’clock.’
I said, ‘It’s just so obvious. They’re so bad at it.’ I used to think they were good at it. They’re actually bad at it because if they were good at it, I’d never be President. Because I think nobody in history has ever gotten more bad publicity than me.
I could do the greatest things. I get 98% bad publicity. I could do outside of you and a few of your very good friends. It’s the craziest thing. But you know what I have learned, Elon? The people are smart. They get it.”
Elon Musk:
“Yeah, they do, actually.”President Donald Trump:
“They get it. They really see what’s happening.”
The Media’s Obsession with Destroying Trump and Musk
The interview also revealed just how deeply entrenched Trump Derangement Syndrome runs among the left. Musk described an incident where he mentioned Trump’s name at a Los Angeles party, only to be met with an immediate, irrational meltdown from attendees.
“It was like they got shot with a dart in the jugular that contained like methamphetamine and rabies. They’re like, ‘Why?’ I’m like, ‘What is wrong? Guys, you just can’t have a normal conversation.’ It’s like they become completely irrational,” Musk joked.
The billionaire also shared how, prior to endorsing Trump, he was adored by the left for his electric vehicles and space innovations. “Now, not so much,” he quipped, pointing out how Democrats’ hatred for Trump has blinded them to reason.
Rescuing Stranded U.S. Astronauts Abandoned by Biden
Musk and Trump exposed how Biden’s administration essentially abandoned American astronauts in space for political reasons. The astronauts were supposed to be in orbit for just eight days, yet they were left stranded for nearly 300 days.
Musk confirmed that, at Trump’s request, his team is now working on an accelerated rescue mission to bring them home.
Trump’s Plan to Cut Washington’s Corruption
Trump laid out a clear vision for how his administration, with Musk’s help, is dismantling waste, fraud, and abuse in Washington. He described how government contracts go unchecked, allowing billions in taxpayer money to be wasted.
Trump:
“We have contracts that go on forever, and they’ve been going for years. They’re supposed to end in three months, or five months, or two years, or something, and they go on forever…They’re finding things far worse than that. They’re finding billions, and it will be hundreds of billions of dollars worth of fraud.
I say, waste and abuse, but fraud, waste, and abuse. [Musk] doing an amazing job. He attracts a young, very smart type of person. I call them high-IQ individuals, and they are. They have very high IQs. When they go in to see the people and talk to these people, the people think they’re going to pull it over. They don’t. These guys are smart, and they love the country.
Final Thoughts: The Most Consequential Presidency in History
As the interview wrapped up, Hannity made a bold claim—Trump’s second term could be the most consequential presidency in American history.
Hannity echoed Newt Gingrich’s belief that Trump’s presidency presents a rare opportunity to dismantle the bloated bureaucracy and enact transformational change.
Musk reinforced this idea, noting that winning the election is only the first step, but the real challenge is fixing the broken system.
Trump doubled down, blasting the media as “horrible people” and accusing them of arrogance, dishonesty, and bias. He pointed to MSNBC, CNN, and CBS as particularly bad actors, alleging they manipulate interviews to protect figures like Kamala Harris.
Trump also exposed the wasteful government spending process, explaining how bureaucrats rubber-stamp inflated bills instead of negotiating, leading to massive financial losses.
Hannity quipped that Trump’s methods resemble “The Art of the Deal,” but Trump insisted it’s more about “caring and competence.”
Musk reinforced the idea that either competence or caring alone would improve government efficiency, arguing that the Biden administration lacked both.
Hannity wrapped up by listing Biden’s lies—from denying his cognitive decline to falsely claiming the border was secure—accusing the administration of systematically deceiving the American people.
Musk called it outright deception, declaring, “They flat-out lied. That was insane.”
You can watch the full interview below:
FULL INTERVIEW: President Trump and Elon Musk on Fox News with Sean Hannity – 2/18/25 #DOGE
Elon Musk has just announced that he will discuss with President Trump about giving American taxpayers a DOGE Dividend, a tax refund check sent to every taxpayer. pic.twitter.com/4ZaZcMIakl
— AJ Huber (@Huberton) February 19, 2025
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