Senator Ted Cruz

So a few months ago, you and I were down in Boca Chica with the president for a Starship launch. And it is incredible what you built in Boca Chica. Five years ago, it was an empty beach at the southern tip of Texas.

And it's now a city and a factory where you're building a rocket ship a month with incredible precision. Yeah. Well, one of the things you said to me when we were down there that really stood out to me is you said your philosophy on intellectual property. I talked to lots of CEOs. They're like, we fight to guard our IP. And you had a very different approach. What's your view of IP?

And it's now a city and a factory where you're building a rocket ship a month with incredible precision. Yeah. Well, one of the things you said to me when we were down there that really stood out to me is you said your philosophy on intellectual property. I talked to lots of CEOs. They're like, we fight to guard our IP. And you had a very different approach. What's your view of IP?

And it's now a city and a factory where you're building a rocket ship a month with incredible precision. Yeah. Well, one of the things you said to me when we were down there that really stood out to me is you said your philosophy on intellectual property. I talked to lots of CEOs. They're like, we fight to guard our IP. And you had a very different approach. What's your view of IP?

I literally do not know anyone else in business who would say something like that. Like it was a startling. And what Elon said down there is he said, look, this stuff, I assume everyone will steal everything. But by the time they steal, it will be five generations beyond and it won't matter.

I literally do not know anyone else in business who would say something like that. Like it was a startling. And what Elon said down there is he said, look, this stuff, I assume everyone will steal everything. But by the time they steal, it will be five generations beyond and it won't matter.

I literally do not know anyone else in business who would say something like that. Like it was a startling. And what Elon said down there is he said, look, this stuff, I assume everyone will steal everything. But by the time they steal, it will be five generations beyond and it won't matter.

You want ideas to flow maximum to people to get there faster and do things bigger.

You want ideas to flow maximum to people to get there faster and do things bigger.

You want ideas to flow maximum to people to get there faster and do things bigger.

But I'll say the perspiration part, you're really damn good at also. Because you're making, you know, the companies you're building... are actually building stuff. They're building cars, they're building spaceships, they're building things that if they don't work, it's a real problem. And the precision you manufacture things with, how do you get that level of precision? How do you build a culture?

But I'll say the perspiration part, you're really damn good at also. Because you're making, you know, the companies you're building... are actually building stuff. They're building cars, they're building spaceships, they're building things that if they don't work, it's a real problem. And the precision you manufacture things with, how do you get that level of precision? How do you build a culture?

But I'll say the perspiration part, you're really damn good at also. Because you're making, you know, the companies you're building... are actually building stuff. They're building cars, they're building spaceships, they're building things that if they don't work, it's a real problem. And the precision you manufacture things with, how do you get that level of precision? How do you build a culture?

You're amazing at thinking outside the box, but what's interesting is you may even be better at execution, which is how do you execute so effectively?

You're amazing at thinking outside the box, but what's interesting is you may even be better at execution, which is how do you execute so effectively?

You're amazing at thinking outside the box, but what's interesting is you may even be better at execution, which is how do you execute so effectively?

Look, that sounds like an astonishing statement, but it's not a crazy statement. And you're somehow... Running Tesla and running SpaceX and running X and running the Boring Company and running Neuralink and doing Doge. How much do you sleep in a given night?

Look, that sounds like an astonishing statement, but it's not a crazy statement. And you're somehow... Running Tesla and running SpaceX and running X and running the Boring Company and running Neuralink and doing Doge. How much do you sleep in a given night?

Look, that sounds like an astonishing statement, but it's not a crazy statement. And you're somehow... Running Tesla and running SpaceX and running X and running the Boring Company and running Neuralink and doing Doge. How much do you sleep in a given night?

So about six. So that's, it wouldn't have shocked me if you said three or four.