Elon Musk endorsed Donald Trump on X moments after the attempted assassination of the former president at his Pennsylvania rally on July 13.
Elon Musk has thrown his support behind Donald Trump in the 2024 election, but the two have a complicated history.As recently as 2022, Musk and Trump were locked in an open feud, publicly slinging insults at each other on social media, political rallies and elsewhere.It was July 27, just two weeks after Trump had survived an assassination attempt in Pennsylvania. Hours later, he'd been
"I love Elon Musk ... we have to make life good for us smart people. And he's as smart as you get," Trump said at the time. "He gives me $45 million a month! C'mon. Not $45 million. He gives me $45 millionHe continued, "I mean other guys, they give you $2 and you got to take them to lunch, you got to wine 'em and dine 'em."
The relationship between Musk, the world's wealthiest person, and Trump, the Republican nominee for president, is as volatile as the characters themselves. Over the years, they've made fun of each other, talked down to one another and taken opposite sides on key issues. But of late, they've emerged as parallel heroes to the far right, a group that includes a healthy dose of crypto enthusiasts, and are united in a single quest: defeating Democrats in 2024.
By 2022, Musk indicated he was leaning toward Ron DeSantis, Republican governor of Florida, as chatter about the 2024 election ramped up. DeSantis ended up launching his presidential campaign in a May 2023on X, which Musk owns. The stream with Musk and longtime friend David Sacks was a technical disaster, plagued by glitches. DeSantis' campaign fizzled and formally came to an end in January.
Former Ford CEO Mark Fields says it's not just about politics for Musk. Between his various companies —Tesla, aerospace and defense contractor SpaceX, social media company X and AI startup xAI — Musk has a lot of projects that could use the assistance from the White House. Despite his vocal support of Trump, Musk appears to have stuck by his pledge not to donate directly to candidates this election cycle, going the PAC route instead.
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