Billionaire and X proprietor Elon Musk initially supported Ron DeSantis for president, although Florida’s governor has since dropped out of the Republican main.
Donald Trump is now the possible GOP nominee, who hasn’t been on X (previously Twitter) in a while and is actively fundraising after taking a big monetary hit just lately within the courtroom.
The 2 reportedly met on Sunday.
When Worlds Collide – Elon Musk Meets Trump
The Guardian experiences, “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 Occasions reported.”
“In keeping with the Occasions, Trump met with Musk – one of many world’s richest individuals – and various 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 known as Twitter.”
The story continued:
Trump, whose private fortune took latest hits from judgments in opposition to him in a New York civil fraud case and a separate defamation trial, is aiming to line up extra main contributors to his marketing campaign for president, the Occasions stated.
Musk has not stated whether or not he plans to again Trump financially, however the South African-born billionaire entrepreneur has advised 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 said that he voted for Biden in 2020. Since then nonetheless, he has criticised the president and clashed along with his administration.
The Guardian added, “Final yr Musk stated that he wouldn’t vote for Biden once more and – in accordance with the Occasions report – he has made clear that defeating the president is a precedence.”
Forbes journal has focused his internet price at about $200 billion. If he wished, Elon Musk might give an enormous monetary benefit to any candidate he wished, together with Trump.
But shortly after the pair’s reported assembly, and despite the fact that some in Musk’s orbit say he’s occupied with Biden shedding, the billionaire stated he gained’t be donating to both presidential candidate.
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 main campaigns, down from round $33m a month earlier, his marketing campaign stated in a report back to the Federal Election Fee (FEC).”
Trying on the ballot numbers proper now, that is Donald Trump’s race to lose.
However cash issues. Votes matter. Elon Musk might additionally matter in an enormous manner, if he had been to determine to.
Regardless, it’s positive to be a wild trip into November.
