'I'd love to have him but...' - Donald Trump on Elon Musk's role if he gets elected as US President

Elon Musk shakes hands with Republican presidential nominee, former President Donald Trump during a campaign rally at the Butler Farm Show grounds on October 05, 2024 in Butler, Pennsylvania. (AFP)

Ahead of the US Presidential Election scheduled for November 5, Republican candidate and former POTUS Donald Trump effectively ruled out any substantial role for billionaire and Tesla boss Elon Musk.

In an interview with Tucker Carlson in Arizona, Trump said that while he would ‘love to have’ Musk on board but added that the X owner is already busy is several things.

The statement comes days after Trump called Musk a ‘great cost-cutter’ and a ‘great business guy’. Just like the Arizona session, during the interview with Maria Bartiromo on Fox News, Trump was asked about offering cabinet role to Musk.

In that interview also, Trump had said that Musk is not interest in any administrative role but is rather interested in ‘handling cost-cutting.’

“We'll have a new position: Secretary of Cost-Cutting. Elon wants to do that, and we have incredible people. He's running a big business. He can't just say, 'I think I'll go into the Cabinet.' Other people can. He can't, but Elon's a little bit different in that sense,” he had said in the Sunday interview.

During the Arizona session, which lasted for around 90 minutes, Trump said that "(He (Musk) doesn't want to become a secretary of something. I mean, I'd love to have him to be honest with you... but he's doing a couple of other things."