Elon Musk held his 5th Town Hall in a vintage radio show format. I loved it, and the announcer kept it rolling. Over 2 million people across America sat in their living rooms on October 25th and listened to this radio talk show (actually we listened on X).

I’ve created this article to share highlights with you.

Elon Musk’s Statements

On Immigration and Election Integrity

Elon outlined Democrats’ importation of illegal immigrants into swing states such as Pennsylvania as a deliberate push to turn these states blue, stating, “Swing states have had triple-digit increases over the past three years in the number of illegals, according to the government’s own data.”

Elon warns, “If the Dems are able to bring in enough illegals and then get them to vote legally or illegally, over the next four years then they will swamp the difference in the swing states, and every swing state will go blue.” ELON: “And then we will just have a one-party state. We won’t have real elections anymore. And, you know, that would mean the end of democracy.”

On the Second Amendment and Government

ELON: “The founders of this great country had tremendous wisdom in creating the constitution and the amendments. One of the key ways that a Government can oppress people, is by taking away all their guns. This is why we have the second amendment.”

Elon added “Freedom to me means that you can do anything you want to do that does not affect others. If you’re not hurting others, you should be able to do whatever you want to do, and the Government should not get in your life.”

On Manufacturing in the USA

ELON: “For some reason, recently manufacturing became uncool. I love manufacturing. I have tremendous respect for people who build products and services that people enjoy.” Elon explained the burdensome permitting process, “If you can get a permit to build in another country faster than you can get one to build in the USA, that’s messed up.”

On Taxation and Government Transparency

Elon: “I think hiring thousands of people to audit and chase people for not properly paying taxes while not securing our border makes no sense at all. It’s totally backwards.”

ELON: “We need to simplify the tax law. It’s way too complex. People end up spending too much money on complex accounting and legal.” “We’re going to livestream everything we do. We’re going to be super transparent. There may be some people who don’t like it, but we need to do it. We need to live honestly and we need to explain WHY things are being done. There will be no backroom secret dealings.”

ELON: “I agree there should be some kind of term limits on all elected officials and there should be some kind of limit on the judiciary as well. The path out of the Supreme Court shouldn’t be a hearse. The founders were very wise in creating the Constitution and the Amendments but they did not anticipate that people would live to extreme age because back then nobody did. But now we keep them alive even if they are not mentally astute. But if their job requires them to be mentally astute, then that obviously doesn’t work.”

On Neuralink and Regulation

ELON: “Neuralink currently does not receive any government funding. But we are slowed down by the regulatory process. It’s arduous getting approval.” “In order to move faster, we now have to do patients in Canada and England because things move too slowly in the US.”

On Political Engagement and Public Safety

I came to a conclusion that we are at a fork in the road of Western Civilization and destiny of humanity. – Elon Musk

Elon explains his involvement in politics, “I was living in California and everyone around me was a Democrat and I really just wanted to build technology: cars, rockets, space, internet, and do useful things. I didn’t want to be involved in politics, I don’t want to be the President, I want to build products people love. I came to a conclusion that we are at a fork in the road of Western Civilization and destiny of humanity, because the Constitution is being eroded away with consistent attacks, and the oppressive nature of the Federal government getting worse every year, open borders, etc. I was hearing one story after another of friends of mine that were being assaulted and robbed. I think our republic is at risk. America is at stake.”

ELON: “Our cities have become dramatically less safe, my mom’s friend was assaulted on the street and no one was arrested so whoever was doing it is just going to keep doing it. We need to imprison people who are violent offenders. That needs to be the priority of the DOJ and the Executive Branch. Next, we need to have a secure border because otherwise people will come across the border who are bad people. I think that most people who come are probably good people but there’s going to be some that are not and we need to stop that and there needs to be solid vetting of whomever comes to this country to make sure they will be an

On Trump’s Stamina

ELON: “My interactions with President Trump have been incredibly good. He’s very quick on his feet, he’s FUNNY, he’s quick-witted, and he works so hard on the campaign trail.” “He just did a podcast with Joe Rogan, which is multiple hours long, and you have to have stamina to do that.”

On Education

ELON: “Since the creation of the Department of Education, school standardized testing scores have gone down dramatically.” ELON: “Going to a four year college is not necessary to be successful. For a lot of people, it would make more sense to learn a trade.”

On Political Tactics and Misinformation

ELON: “The Democratic party keeps pushing a lot of the same hoaxes over and over again… Like the ‘fine people’ hoax.”

On Joe Rogan and Encouraging Public Dialogue

ELON: “I’d encourage everyone to watch the Joe Rogan interview with Trump. It could even come out later tonight.”

On Government Efficiency (D.O.G.E.)

ELON: “I am excited about the potential of the Department of Government Efficiency because I think that there’s just a lot that can be done that would unblock progress and ensure that your tax dollars are spent wisely.”

On Donald Trump’s Leadership and America’s Future

ELON: “I strongly believe that President Trump is the path to an exciting and inspiring future.”

On Security and Economic Concerns

ELON: “Elon Musk is putting his life at stake to save America from bankruptcy. A lot of people who are taking advantage of the government are going to be upset about D.O.G.E. I need a lot of security but it’s got to be done and if it’s not done, we’ll just go bankrupt.”

ELON: “Just the interest payments on the debt are about 23% of all the tax revenue of the federal government. The interest payments also exceed the defense department budget.”

My thoughts

Today after work I stood in line for over an hour in the hot Texas sun and waited to cast my vote for Donald Trump.

It felt so good to see his name marked on my ballot. At the polls in Austin, there were a few Kamala signs up, and no Trump signs.

I take this as a positive in that normally there would be many many more Kamala supporters in my “liberal” left-leaning city of Austin.

However, common sense shows that Kamala is not the better candidate.

I got a message from a friend in California who asked to be anonymous. He said he voted for Donald Trump. He said he had to keep it a secret form his wife as she would not handle it well if she knew. This election in particular has a deep impact on the entire future of Western Civilization. Thankfully, more and more people are aware of this and are deciding to vote for Trump.

We are fortunate that Elon Musk is among us today, giving people a voice and a chance to stand up for the Constitution.