President Trump mentioned Elon Musk saved many lives in North Carolina after the state was ravaged by Hurricane Helene.
“He saved a whole lot of lives in North Carolina, he saved a whole lot of lives,” Mr. Trump mentioned in a joint interview with Elon Musk by Sean Hannity that aired Tuesday night time on Fox Information Channel.
Mr. Trump praised Mr. Musk, the pinnacle of the Division of Authorities Effectivity, for offering his Starlink satellite tv for pc web service to these in North Carolina within the wake of the destruction wrought by Helene.
The service made communication with the surface world attainable, even in hard-hit remoted areas which may have spotty web and different communications even in one of the best of instances.
“In North Carolina the place they have been actually in hassle, they’d no communication, individuals have been dying, they have been dying of hunger,” he mentioned.
“They’d no communication. They mentioned, ‘You already know, Elon Musk?’ They didn’t actually know I knew him. I mentioned, ‘Yeah.’ He mentioned, ‘Might you get Starlink?’ It’s like the primary time I ever heard of it,” Mr. Trump mentioned. “I mentioned, ‘What’s Starlink?’ A communication system. That’s unbelievable.”
Mr. Trump mentioned he defined to Mr. Musk that the hurricane victims actually wanted the service and Mr. Musk agreed.
“He bought it instantly. And you’ll’t get it. I imply, you must wait a very long time to get it,” Mr. Trump mentioned. “However he bought it to them instantly. And I mentioned that’s fairly wonderful.”
