Trump says pilots, “like beautiful Tom Cruise but taller,” told him UFOs exist

In an interview with podcaster and internet star Logan Paul, Donald Trump shared some strange takes on UFOs, revealing that “handsome, perfect” pilots keyed him into the possibility of extraterrestrial life.

“I met with pilots, like beautiful Tom Cruise but taller. Handsome, perfect people,” he told Paul on his “Impulsive” podcast, sharing that the pilots told him, “Sir, there was something there that was round in form and going, like, four times faster than my super jet fighter plane.” 

Trump noted that he himself wasn’t a believer, before incorrectly recalling Roswell, New Mexico as being located in Nevada. 

“People that are very smart and very solid have said they believe there was something out there and, you know, it makes sense that they could be,” Trump said, before racistly joking that he wasn’t referring to the “illegal aliens out there . . . that come through the border.”

Asked about whether his own organizations might have hidden information about aliens from him, Trump said maybe, citing the existence of the “deep state.”

Paul, who earned controversy years ago for filming dead bodies in Japan’s “suicide forest,” is one of YouTube’s largest stars and the co-founder of Prime energy drinks. Paul’s previous business ventures, including a cryptocurrency venture, were labeled by many as scams.

Endorsements from Paul and his brother Jake, who garnered a rap sheet of controversies from participating in an Arizona looting to alleged sexual assault, come as part of a string of D-listers and criminal suspects who have thrown their weight behind the former President.

Trump said back in 2020 that he had heard “very interesting” things about UFOs, but ultimately chose not to declassify any secrets about the crafts, noting that he didn’t “particularly” believe in them.

Among other topics of conversation on the podcast episode were Trump’s claim that he had used artificial intelligence to write a speech, his staunch support of the Netanyahu administration and its killing of Gazans, and Trump’s close relationship with the far-right Hungarian leader Viktor Orban.