The president led the way in showering a âso hotâ Elon Musk with praise after he went on Fox News while wearing an old Air Force Academy jacket on Tuesday.
Muskâs interview with Sean Hannity came on the heels of SpaceX, a company he founded and remains CEO of, having an integral role in bringing home two astronauts who were stranded at the International Space Station for nine months.
âWow. What a great interview of Elon Musk by Sean Hannity,â Donald Trump posted to Truth Social. âA must watch. TWO GREAT AMERICANS!â
That sentiment was echoed across MAGA, which included some noting the South African-born Muskâwho ditched his typical t-shirt, blazer, and hat to dress for the occasionâwas looking good in his U.S. military academy wear.
âElon Musk on Hannity is so hot right now,â wrote one woman. âI love him.â
Another added succinctly: âMusk is extremely attractive.â
A man pondered on X where he could get his hands on the jacket and another said of the get-up, âMr. Elon Musk looks great in that blue starship jacket.â
Critics of Musk were not such big fans of the garb, however, with one mocking him for rocking the jacket to âpretendâ he is âpart of a team.â That possible cosplaying comes as Musk has hit at federal judges ruling against Trump for allegedly doing the same.
âThey are obviously activist politicians cosplaying as judges,â Musk wrote Wednesday on X. He added in another post, âAn activist judge is no judge at all, just someone wearing a costume.â
Critics of Musk suggested he may have been trying to look like an astronaut Wednesdayâmere weeks after he went to battle online with some of the lauded professionâs most prominent figures.
âIs Musk trying to look like an astronaut now with that jacket,â wrote one user on X. âWhy is he opining on anything political beyond his illegal DOGE activities?â
Muskâs jacket is associated with Cadet Squadron 19, which was nicknamed Starship 19 because its members were fans of Star Trek in the â70s. Musk has donned the piece of clothing previously, including at a Pennsylvania town hall in October where he revealed it was gifted to him by the U.S. Space Force.
The worldâs richest man was live on Fox News for nearly 20 minutes Tuesday. In that time, between giving repeated thank yous to Hannity for his constant praise, Musk alleged Joe Bidenâs administration had turned down SpaceXâs offers to help to get the astronauts Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore home last year.
Many, like the TPUSA founder and right-wing commentator Charlie Kirk, echoed that claim and gave Musk and Trump credit for bringing the pair home.
Even the former NASA astronaut Dr. Charles Camarda, who has appeared on Fox News as far back as last summer, credited Musk specifically for rescuing the astronauts and, apparently, the entire U.S. space program.
âElon Musk saved the U.S. space program,â he told Fox Newsâ Laura Ingraham on Tuesday. âIf it werenât for Elon Musk, we would not be able to fly U.S. Astronauts from U.S. soil to the International Space Station. There is no doubt about it.â