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The president vowed to protect Elon Musk and hand out pardons if Democrats win control of Congress after the midterms.

President Donald Trump pledged to shield SpaceX CEO from “very evil” Democrats and suggested he was willing to grant preemptive pardons to his staff, he told Miranda Devine on an episode of the New York Post’s “Pod Force One” podcast released Monday. Just one day before the midterm election gets underway, the president committed to keeping his former detractor, who launched a third party to oppose him in 2025.

“I would if I needed to, sure. I would,” the president told Devine about the potential for presidential pardons. “I would not even think about — I’d do it. I did it for J6.”

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Trump dismissed threats against Musk and his assets but also suggested to Devine that he would intervene if needed.

“Yeah. It won’t happen. It’s talk. But if it is talk, we’ll have to protect them, won’t we?” the president said.

“We’ll have to see,” Trump said when asked about former Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) staffer Edward Coristine, also known as “Big Balls.”

“If they do, we’ll just have to protect those people,” he added of others who worked with him.

The White House referred the Daily Caller News Foundation to the president’s comments during the interview. SpaceX did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

Musk has contributed hundreds of millions of dollars to support GOP candidates this midterm cycle, notably donating $158 million to the Senate GOP’s top super PAC, the Senate Leadership Fund (SLF), in September, Axios reported.

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