Watch as Trump hails ‘super genius’ Elon Musk in glowing praise for tech billionaire during victory speech

DONALD Trump paid tribute to 'super-genius' Elon Musk during his triumph code arsenic the tech mogul hints astatine taking a relation successful the White House.

The Republican campaigner took to the signifier successful Florida to code adoring fans and claim aboriginal triumph in the predetermination aft a triumph successful Pennsylvania enactment him connected the cusp of the presidency.

As it stands, Trump has 266 retired of the extremity of 270 Electoral College votes, portion Kamala Harris has conscionable 219.

Following a star-studded ticker enactment astatine luxury nonmigratory Mar-a-Lago, Trump spoke to fans calling his run "the top governmental question of each time" arsenic helium vowed to "help the state heal."

While helium thanked the members of his family and chap Republicans, Trump besides paid tribute to his state Elon Musk aft being prompted to bash truthful by supporters.

The Space X laminitis has been a cardinal fixture of Trump's run and was pictured with his four-year-old son astatine the Mar-a-Lago predetermination party.

"We person a caller prima - a prima is born, Elon [Musk]!" Trump told the cheering crowds.

It comes as...

• JD Vance said the triumph is the "greatest governmental comeback successful American history."
• Kamala Harris refused to talk to the media as Trump took the lead.
• Harris' squad said the Vice President volition talk connected Wednesday.
• Trump won battleground states Georgia, North Carolina, and Pennsylvania, according to the AP.
• Trump's squad started to observe aboriginal with a chant erstwhile helium won North Carolina.
• Republicans took power of the Senate after Ted Cruz was re-elected successful Texas.
• Firefighters were forced to help recount 30,000 votes when polls faced predetermination nighttime chaos.

"He is an astonishing guy, we were sitting unneurotic tonight.

"He spent 2 weeks successful Philadelphia and antithetic parts of Pennsylvania campaigning."

The 78-year-old went connected to praise Musk for his "super-genius" and described however helium was successful awe watching his Space X rocket instrumentality to Earth without a hitch.

"He sent the rocket up 2 weeks agone and I saw that rocket, I saw it coming down it was beautiful," Trump said.

"Only Elon tin bash this."

He revealed that conscionable aft the landing helium called the 53-year-old to congratulate him connected the palmy trial formation and helium asked who other could bash specified things.

"Can Russia bash it? No. Can China bash it? No. Can the United States bash it different than you? No. Nobody tin bash that," helium recalled from the conversation.

"I said, 'That's wherefore I emotion you, Elon,'" helium added.

He past went connected to praise the Starlink laminitis for utilizing the outer telecommunications strategy to assistance residents successful North Carolina who were devastated by Hurricane Helene successful September.

"Fields became lakes," Trump said, adding that radical from the authorities approaching him asking him to speech to Musk truthful they could get Starlink.

"I called Elon...I said, 'Elon they request it truly really severely successful NC,'" helium recalled.

"He had that determination truthful accelerated it was incredible. He saved a batch of lives..he's a peculiar guy, he's a super-genius, we person to support our geniuses."

Meanwhile, the emotion was reciprocated passim the nighttime by the X proprietor who repeatedly took to the societal media level to praise the determination of Americans to broadside with Trump.

He adjacent hinted astatine assuming a relation successful the Trump medication himself.

Musk shared an edited photograph of himself lasting successful the Oval Office with the caption "Let that descend in."

"The radical of America gave @realDonaldTrump a crystal wide mandate for alteration tonight," helium aboriginal added.

Another post read, "The future is going to beryllium fantastic," accompanied by a photograph of Space X's starship blasting off.

With the re-election of Trump, Musk is acceptable to go the astir almighty antheral connected the planet, it has been claimed.

The richest antheral successful the world has emerged arsenic a unsocial power connected the predetermination run - and has go the biggest cheerleader of Trump.

The tech mogul has been dubbed Trump's "shadow vice president", and went all successful to enactment and run for the erstwhile president.

Not lone has helium go a mega-donor for the Republican nominee, pumping millions of dollars into the GOP campaign, but besides a social media strategist and a PR adept who has been moving to beforehand Trump's MAGA agenda.

Dr Alan Mendoza, governmental adept and enforcement manager of starring Brit deliberation vessel Henry Jackson Society, said Musk is seeking to go almighty successful both business and politics.

He told The Sun: "There's intelligibly a powerfulness origin progressive here.

"If you've got power of important communications and means of communications and you've past got a affable president who's consenting to springiness you a propulsion connected immoderate you are doing, that gives you tremendous powerfulness successful the concern arsenic good arsenic the governmental world."

Meanwhile, arsenic a 2nd Trump presidency is each but guaranteed, Harris' campy is downcast and quiet.

Fox News reported that Harris' property spokesperson has told unit not to speech to the media.

A CNN newsman astatine the Harris run HQ successful Washington DC said that they were getting "silence" from the Harris team.

The Vice-president is not expected to code fans contiguous arsenic Harris HQ hopes for a last-minute unreserved of votes.

"We inactive person votes to count," her run co-chair Cedric Richmond said.

"We inactive person states that person not been called yet. We volition proceed overnight to combat to marque definite that each ballot is counted, that each dependable has spoken."