Elon Musk says Trump is ‘naturally funny’ — and his meeting with Zohran Mamdani showed it

• Elon Musk was asked who was the funniest person he knew in real life.
• He named Trump. "He's like naturally funny," Musk said. "It's somewhat effortless."
• Musk pointed specifically to Trump's meeting with Zohran Mamdani in the Oval Office last month.

Asked who was the funniest person he knew in real life, Elon Musk had a somewhat surprising answer.

"You know, President Trump is very funny. He's got a great sense of humor," Musk said on an episode of The Katie Miller Podcast released on Tuesday. "He's very funny, he's like naturally funny. It's somewhat effortless."

Musk pointed to President Donald Trump's meeting with New York City Mayor-Elect Zohran Mamdani last month, when a reporter asked Mamdani if he stood by his opinion that Trump is a "fascist."

"And the president said, 'Just say yes. It's easier that way,"' Musk said, breaking into laughter. "'Don't worry about it. Just say yes.'"

"How silly," Musk added after further laughter.

Musk's comments marked yet another turn in his evolving relationship with Trump. The two men appear to have mostly put their differences behind them, with Musk even visiting the White House for a dinner last month.

Still, Musk said in that same interview that he wouldn't have led the DOGE effort if he could go back in time, despite believing the effort to be a "little bit successful."

"I think instead of doing DOGE, I would have basically built, you know, worked on my companies, essentially, and the cars — they wouldn't have been burning the cars," Musk said.