President Donald Trump alleged that he “could’ve been a flutist” while talking about his childhood musical talents in a new interview.  

Speaking on the “Pod Force One” podcast, Trump recalled getting flute lessons at an early age and opened up about his love for music. 

“I had flute lessons,” he told host Miranda Devine in the episode that aired Wednesday. “Can you believe it? I could’ve been a flutist. I didn’t particularly like it, it wasn’t for me.”

Trump revealed that his parents took him for aptitude tests during his early days. 

“My father and mother took me to a place, like an aptitude place, to see what I would be good at [and] what my talent was…at pretty young, probably like 11 or 12,” Trump recalled. “[After] a couple days, they came up to my father and they said ‘your son is brilliant at music, he’d be an incredible musician’” 

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Claiming that “this is not what my father wanted to hear,” he continued, “this was not the greatest thing, you know. But I do have an ear for music … People like the music I play.” 

Elsewhere in the interview, Trump gushed about his love for country music and name-dropped one of his favorite artists. 

“Music has been important. Also, it gives you energy … People that produce good music are really talented in my opinion, it’s not an easy thing to do,” the politician explained, adding, “I like country music a lot.”  

He also name-dropped one of his favorite music artists. 

“I think Elton John is terrific,” Trump declared. “I think he’s absolutely terrific…And there are some people that make it that I don’t think are talented.”

Watch a clip from Trump’s interview on the “Pod Force One” podcast below.

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