“What is Starlink?” Trump Talks Elon Musk, Starship and SpaceX in Election Night Victory Speech (Video)

President-elect Donald Trump praised Elon Musk and SpaceX in his victory speech on election night.

In a speech broadcast on Tuesday evening (November 5), Trump recalled watching the latest and fifth flight test of SpaceX’s Starship rocket, as well as his conversations with SpaceX CEO Elon Musk about the use of the Starlink The company’s satellites in North Carolina following deadly impacts from Hurricane Helene.

“And I called Elon. I said, ‘Elon, was that you?’ He said, ‘Yes, it was.’ I said, ‘Who else can do it?’ ‘No. Can China do it?’ “No,” Trump said in the speech, recalling the recent Starship test in which the giant rocket was caught by the “rod” arms on SpaceX’s launch tower. “‘Can the United States do it but you?’ “No, no one can. I said, ‘That’s why I love you, Elon, that’s great.'”

Trump said he had to put a donor on hold for 45 minutes while he watched the test flight, which he thought was a “space-age movie or something.”