New Delhi, May 4 -- Tech billionaire Elon Musk described his close relationship with Donald Trump calling the US President a "friend" and highlighting how often they see eye to eye on key issues.

"I do consider the president a friend. I think he considers me a friend and we get along very well," Elon Musk said in the interview, which aired on Saturday evening on My View with Lara Trump, the US President's daughter-in-law.

"I think probably if you asked us both the same set of questions in two different rooms, 80 percent of the time we would come up with the same answer," he added. "We almost always agree."

The conversation comes as Musk's status as a White House special employee is set to expire on May 30. President Trump, however, sig...