Washington DC, Feb. 19 -- US President Donald Trump on Tuesday (US Local Time) lauded Tesla CEO Elon Musk as the smartest person to work for the US and praised his technological prowess, drawing special attention to Starlink and gave Musk a go-ahead for bringing back two American astronauts, who have been in the International Space Station.

He made the remarks during an exclusive interview to Fox News, where both the US President Donald Trump and Tesla CEO Elon Musk answered some of the most pressing concerns.

Talking about how media had attacked the duo time and again, US President Trump said, "They tried it. Then they stopped. Actually, Elon called me. He said, you know, they're trying to drive us apart... They said, 'We have breaking...