Politics
Billionaire and X proprietor Elon Musk initially supported Ron DeSantis for president, although Florida’s governor has since dropped out of the Republican major.
Donald Trump is now the seemingly GOP nominee, who hasn’t been on X (previously Twitter) in a while and is actively fundraising after taking a big monetary hit not too long ago within the courtroom.
The 2 reportedly met on Sunday.
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When Worlds Collide – Elon Musk Meets Trump
The Guardian reports, “Donald Trump met with billionaire Elon Musk in Florida over the weekend as the previous Republican president seeks a serious money infusion for his re-election marketing campaign, The New York Instances reported.”
“Based on the Instances, Trump met with Musk – one of many world’s richest folks – and plenty of rich Republican donors on Sunday and hopes to have a one-on-one dialogue quickly with Musk, the CEO of each Tesla Inc and SpaceX, and the owner-executive chairman of X, the social media platform previously often called Twitter.”
The story continued:
Trump, whose private fortune took current hits from judgments towards him in a New York civil fraud case and a separate defamation trial, is aiming to line up further main contributors to his marketing campaign for president, the Instances mentioned.
Musk has not mentioned whether or not he plans to again Trump financially, however the South African-born billionaire entrepreneur has prompt in social media posts that he’s against incumbent Joe Biden – who defeated Trump in 2020 – successful a second time period in November.
Musk has lengthy sought to forged himself as politically unbiased however has beforehand acknowledged that he voted for Biden in 2020. Since then nevertheless, he has criticised the president and clashed together with his administration.
The Guardian added, “Final yr Musk mentioned that he wouldn’t vote for Biden once more and – based on the Instances report – he has made clear that defeating the president is a precedence.”
Forbes journal has focused his internet value at about $200 billion. If he needed, Elon Musk may give an enormous monetary benefit to any candidate he needed, together with Trump.
But shortly after the pair’s reported assembly, and despite the fact that some in Musk’s orbit say he’s excited about Biden shedding, the billionaire mentioned he gained’t be donating to both presidential candidate.
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Regardless of His Sturdy Voter Help, Trump’s Money Has Dropped
The Guardian noticed, “Monetary disclosures filed final month confirmed Trump’s money holdings fell to simply over $30m as he waged profitable Republican major campaigns, down from round $33m a month earlier, his marketing campaign mentioned in a report back to the Federal Election Fee (FEC).”
Wanting on the ballot numbers proper now, that is Donald Trump’s race to lose.
However cash issues. Votes matter. Elon Musk may additionally matter in a giant method, if he have been to resolve to.
Regardless, it’s positive to be a wild experience into November.
