Donald Trump met with multibillionaire Elon Musk on Sunday in Palm Seaside, Florida, and hopes to see him once more privately whereas the GOP front-runner is “urgently in search of a money infusion” for his marketing campaign, The New York Times reported Tuesday.
The criminally indicted ex-president received along with the controversial X proprietor and some Republican donors, unnamed sources informed the newspaper. Trump has talked up Musk to his allies regardless of their conflicted relationship. The candidate must “shore up his funds” for his race towards President Joe Biden, the Instances famous.
Whereas not denying the assembly, Musk pushed again exhausting towards the report on Wednesday:
“Simply to be tremendous clear, I’m not donating cash to both candidate for US President,” he wrote on X.
In the meantime, the monetary burden on Trump persists.
The penalties towards him within the enterprise fraud case and E. Jean Carroll’s defamation trial add as much as lots of of thousands and thousands of {dollars} and will add strain on Trump to fill his coffers.
Musk angered Trump by admitting he voted for Biden in 2020, however his current posts on X have attacked the president and his administration. On Tuesday, Musk accused the administration of “treason” and “importing voters” within the border disaster whereas setting the stage for an attack “far worse than 9/11.” Those that have talked to Musk affirm he desires Biden to lose however “it’s not but clear” whether or not he intends to donate to Trump’s marketing campaign, the Instances had written earlier than Musk’s denial.
This story has been up to date to incorporate remark from Elon Musk.