{"id":1783186,"date":"2022-12-21T17:32:38","date_gmt":"2022-12-21T22:32:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1783186"},"modified":"2022-12-21T17:48:57","modified_gmt":"2022-12-21T22:48:57","slug":"trump-praises-musk-as-free-speech-hero","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-praises-musk-as-free-speech-hero\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump Praises Musk as &#8220;Free Speech Hero&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">14<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftrump-praises-musk-as-free-speech-hero%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1783186&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/2022.12.21-11.50-thepoliticalinsider-63a2f30b872f7.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\"   style=\"display:none\"><\/div>\n<p>Donald Trump praised Elon Musk for doing the country \u201ca big service\u201d by releasing the \u2018Twitter Files\u2019 and called the visionary billionaire a free speech \u201chero.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Trump\u2019s comments came during an interview with One America News Network.<\/p>\n<p>Host Chanel Rion pointed out that the latest \u2018Twitter Files\u2019 drop revealed that the Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI) <a href=\"https:\/\/thepoliticalinsider.com\/twitter-revelations-illustrate-deep-state-involvement-in-first-amendment-violations\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">paid Twitter and colluded<\/a> with the platform to suppress the Hunter Biden laptop scandal <em>before<\/em> it broke.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m just telling you, the country can\u2019t believe what they\u2019re seeing,\u201d Trump told Rion. \u201cAnd Elon Musk did a big service when he released all of this stuff. Because our country is corrupt. Our elections are corrupt.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWho would have ever thought we would have seen the FBI putting their hand on the election?\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">In his first interview since the release of The Twitter Files, 45th President Donald Trump spoke with OAN\u2019s Chief White House Correspondent <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ChanelRion?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@ChanelRion<\/a> Here\u2019s part of that discussion as well as Trump\u2019s reaction to Elon Musk\u2019s Twitter Files release. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/RaS4l1IDRL\">pic.twitter.com\/RaS4l1IDRL<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 One America News (@OANN) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/OANN\/status\/1605319846211641344?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 20, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>RELATED: <a href=\"https:\/\/thepoliticalinsider.com\/trump-announces-free-speech-plan-to-dismantle-and-destroy-the-left-wing-censorship-cartel\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Trump Announces Free Speech Plan to \u2018Dismantle and Destroy\u2019 the Left-Wing Censorship Cartel<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<h3>Trump: Elon Musk is a Free Speech Hero<\/h3>\n<p>When asked to give a grade on Elon Musk\u2019s role as Twitter chief, Trump hedged and pointed out the billionaire had paid an extremely high price for the takeover of the social media platform.<\/p>\n<div id=\"subscribe\" class=\"email-signup inarticle\">\n<h4>Support Conservative Voices!<\/h4>\n<h5><strong>Sign up to receive the latest<\/strong> political news, insight, and commentary delivered directly to your inbox.<\/h5>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cI think the price was very high. But I hope that Elon is going to be successful with Twitter,\u201d the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mediaite.com\/tv\/trump-praises-hero-musk-for-exposing-what-a-corrupt-country-the-u-s-is-a-sad-and-sick-country\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">former President said<\/a>. \u201cI think it\u2019s great that he\u2019s releasing this stuff because he\u2019s showing what a corrupt country we\u2019re living in.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Trump also categorized Musk\u2019s use of an online poll to orchestrate his exit as Twitter chief \u2013 he\u2019ll still be owner \u2013 as a smart move.<\/p>\n<p>The Republican candidate for President believes Musk\u2019s release of the internal documents showing a cabal of media, intel officials, and Democrat operatives colluding and conspiring to sway an election will be \u201ca very important part of his legacy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYeah, I\u2019d say he\u2019s a hero. I think that it\u2019s a big part of his legacy,\u201d Trump remarked. \u201cI think it\u2019s more important than other things he\u2019s done.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">President Trump considers Elon Musk a hero: \u201cElon Musk did a big service when he released all of this stuff\u2026 I\u2019d say he\u2019s a hero. I think that it\u2019s a big part of his legacy. I think it\u2019s more important than other things he\u2019s done.\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/okQKfrooBg\">pic.twitter.com\/okQKfrooBg<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Ethan Harsell (@ethan_harsell) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ethan_harsell\/status\/1605449886400270337?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 21, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>RELATED: <a href=\"https:\/\/thepoliticalinsider.com\/major-fireworks-donald-trump-goes-full-scorched-earth-on-tesla-ceo-elon-musk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Major Fireworks: Donald Trump Goes Full Scorched-Earth On Tesla CEO Elon Musk<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<h3>Trump\u2019s Platform to Save Free Speech in America<\/h3>\n<p>Things haven\u2019t always been peachy between Donald Trump and Elon Musk.<\/p>\n<p>Trump called the Tesla CEO a \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/thepoliticalinsider.com\/major-fireworks-donald-trump-goes-full-scorched-earth-on-tesla-ceo-elon-musk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">bullshit artist<\/a>\u201d suggesting he was told by Musk that he voted for the former President in the past, even as he claimed that Representative Mayra Flores was his first vote cast for a Republican.<\/p>\n<p>Musk replied to the comments saying, \u201cI don\u2019t hate the man, but it\u2019s\u00a0time for Trump to hang up his hat [and] sail into the sunset.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Musk has also raised the ire of Trump in the past by saying he supports Florida Governor Ron DeSantis in 2024 and suggesting Trump offers \u201ctoo much drama.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDo we really want a bull in a china shop situation every single day!?\u201d he asked, ironically before becoming the bull in Twitter\u2019s china shop.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Yeah, but too much drama. Do we really want a bull in a china shop situation every single day!?<\/p>\n<p>Also, I think the legal maximum age for start of Presidential term should be 69.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Elon Musk (@elonmusk) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/elonmusk\/status\/1546674036641411078?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 12, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Trump, for his part, is positioning himself to also become a free speech hero should he win back the White House in 2024.<\/p>\n<p>In a <a href=\"https:\/\/thepoliticalinsider.com\/trump-announces-free-speech-plan-to-dismantle-and-destroy-the-left-wing-censorship-cartel\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">fiery speech<\/a> delivered last week, Trump announced a free speech policy platform for his campaign that seeks to \u201cdismantle and destroy\u201d left-wing censorship.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Wow! I absolutely love President Trump\u2019s policy platform to restore free speech.<\/p>\n<p>This is the kind of policy that will put him back in the White House! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/UYPeY671cl\">pic.twitter.com\/UYPeY671cl<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Brigitte Gabriel (@ACTBrigitte) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ACTBrigitte\/status\/1603456160924852225?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 15, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cIf we don\u2019t have free speech, then we just don\u2019t have a free country,\u201d Trump told his supporters. \u201cIt\u2019s as simple as that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe censorship cartel must be dismantled and destroyed and it must happen immediately.\u201d<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><strong>Now is the time to support and share the sources you trust.<\/strong><br \/>The Political Insider ranks #3 on <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.feedspot.com\/political_blogs\/\">Feedspot\u2019s<\/a> \u201c100 Best Political Blogs and Websites.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Donald Trump praised Elon Musk for doing the country \u201ca big service\u201d by releasing the \u2018Twitter Files\u2019 and called the visionary billionaire a free speech \u201chero.\u201d Trump\u2019s comments came during<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1783189,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[547],"tags":[6962,5458,4089,6845,4250,7360,3819,4554,3634],"class_list":["post-1783186","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-bongino-report","tag-the","tag-bongino","tag-free","tag-hero","tag-musk","tag-praises","tag-report","tag-speech","tag-trump"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1783186","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1783186"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1783186\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1783189"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1783186"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1783186"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1783186"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}