Elon Musk, internet people 'kissing my a**' after hating me, says Donald Trump

US President Donald Trump with Elon Musk.

US President Donald Trump recently bragged that "internet people" and billionaire Elon Musk, who hated him in his first term, are now kissing his a**.

While addressing the graduating students at the University of Alabama, Trump said, "You have to break the system a little bit and follow your own instincts, but if your vision is right, nothing will hold you down. Nothing. You have to have the right vision. If you look at some of these internet people, I know so many of them, Elon is so terrific, but I know now all of them. You know, they all hated me in my first term, and now they're kissing my a**."

Trump: If you look at some of these internet people, I know so many of themThey all hated me and my first term and now they are kissing my ass. It's true, all of them. It's truepic.twitter.com/E3pdv4Cad2

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“It’s amazing. It’s nicer this way,” he added.

He also shared his perspectives on success, saying, "Progress never comes from those satisfied with the failures of a broken system. It comes from those who wanna fix the broken system, and you'll make the bigger money, you'll make more success by acting that way," adding, "The other way may be more secure, but if you wanna go to the top, you're just never gonna do it unless you break the system."

Billionaire Elon Musk became one of Trump’s most powerful advocates and closest advisers in the White House after reportedly donating $288 million towards Trump and other Republican candidates ahead of last November’s election, which was the highest amount spent by anyone, according to a report by Huffpost.

Fellow tech CEO Mark Zuckerberg, who owns Facebook and Instagram parent company Meta, has also leaped closer to Trump after initially butting heads with him ahead of his second White House win.

Previously, Trump had made similar claims about various world leaders saying many countries are calling him and "kissing my a**... dying to make a deal" after he unleashed a tariff war that has upended global trade, according to a report by Economic Times.