Donald Trump Jokes About Elon Musk: ‘I Can’t Get Him Out of Here’ [Video]

Donald Trump joked that he could not get Elon Musk “out of here” during a speech at a black-tie event in Mar-a-Lago.

In his first major speaking event since the president-elect’s election victory, Trump praised the “high IQ” of the tech entrepreneur and owner of X, formerly Twitter, during an America First Policy Institute gala in Palm Beach, Florida, on Thursday night.

Musk, the CEO of SpaceX and Tesla, appears to be becoming increasingly influential in Trump’s inner circle, including reportedly joining the president-elect in a phone call with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. The world’s richest man spent Election Day at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago home and is reported to have been a near-constant presence at the Palm Beach resort since the Republican won the race.

Trump has also tapped Musk, alongside former Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy, to run the Department of Government Efficiency in order to “dismantle” federal bureaucracy and reduce staffing.

“We have a man who has …