# Trump on Nikola Tesla, His Uncle John Trump, and Neuralink

- Original post: https://www.twitter.com/i/status/2108254046167683398
- Source account: [@JayTC53](https://x.com/JayTC53)
- Source language: English
- Duration: 1:06
- Published: 2026-10-08
- Canonical URL: https://www.translate.mom/transcript/9wgNBcM2ucrY/en/trump-on-nikola-tesla-his-uncle-john-trump-and-neuralink

## Transcript

[0:00](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/9wgNBcM2ucrY/en/trump-on-nikola-tesla-his-uncle-john-trump-and-neuralink) consumer self-driving technology. And interestingly, when you mention Tesla, my uncle, Dr. John Trump, was commissioned by the United States government to do a report on Nikola Tesla.

[0:16](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/9wgNBcM2ucrY/en/trump-on-nikola-tesla-his-uncle-john-trump-and-neuralink?t=16) They wanted to know was he real or not real, was he a true genius or not.

[0:23](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/9wgNBcM2ucrY/en/trump-on-nikola-tesla-his-uncle-john-trump-and-neuralink?t=23) My uncle, after a fairly short period of time, determined that he was a true and great genius, and that he was real in every single way. Otherwise, you'd have to change the name of the car company. You wouldn't want it be his.

[0:40](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/9wgNBcM2ucrY/en/trump-on-nikola-tesla-his-uncle-john-trump-and-neuralink?t=40) See, now if I did the report, Elon, I might say, "Ah, he wasn't that good."

[0:45](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/9wgNBcM2ucrY/en/trump-on-nikola-tesla-his-uncle-john-trump-and-neuralink?t=45) But my uncle was a different kind of a person than I am, and he sa- he gave Tesla the highest report.

[0:51](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/9wgNBcM2ucrY/en/trump-on-nikola-tesla-his-uncle-john-trump-and-neuralink?t=51) He said he was a true great genius, so very nice. Through Neuralink, Elon is also restoring sight, speech, and motion to those who cannot see, talk, or move, and he-