So he took 100 of these little neon bulbs and arranged them in a 10×10 ... when he touched the base of his recently completed Tesla coil; an indication that there was a grounding issue.

“It’s fantastic, fantastic. He was a smart guy, you know, Tesla, first the light bulb, and now this, he was like a modern-day Isaac Neutron. It’s remarkable, really,” Trump appears to ...

He was a smart guy. You know Tesla. First the light bulb and now this. Seems like a modern-day Isaac Neutron." While the comment drew attention online, many took it in good humor, with one social ...

Almost 1,000 TikTok videos have lip-synched or reacted to audio purportedly capturing Trump making the remark.

While Thomas Edison may be known as the man who invented the light bulb, it can be argued that Nikola Tesla is the one who turned it on. Before the booming tech revolution of Silicon Valley ...