Elon Musk backs Trump for the presidency election Elon Musk is a supporter of Trump in the presidential election and says he is “tough”
Elon Musk, who is the billionaire chief executive at Tesla has publicly been announcing his support for Donald Trump for the first time in the U.S. presidential race, calling Trump a Republican previous president “tough. “
By Hyunjoo Jin, Alexandra Ulmer
Jul 14, 2024 02:11 AM
The 13th of July (Reuters) 13 July (Reuters) Elon Musk who is the millionaire president of Tesla announced his support for Donald Trump for the first time in the U.S. presidential race, saying that his Republican previous president “tough.”
Musk the world’s richest person, tweeted his endorsement and the video of Trump wearing a bloody face, and pushing his fist in the air as numerous shots rang in Trump’s rallies at the capital in Pennsylvania located in Pennsylvania in Pennsylvania on the weekend. Trump was in good hands.
The posts reinforce Musk’s move to right-wing policies, and provide Trump an important source of support for his campaign to win the White House in the Nov. 5 election.
“I fully endorse President Trump and hope for his rapid recovery,” Musk
posted, opens new tabvia the Facebook platform X.
“The martyr lived,” declared he.
The writer has written that the new tab will open.In a post which was followed by a post, the author refers to an exchange between the conservative venture capitalist Peter Thiel and LinkedIn co-founder and Democratic megadonor Reid Hoffman.
Musk posted a photo that showed Trump at the party and later Musk added “Last occasion America had a president as tough as Theodore Roosevelt. “
Musk and representatives of X have not responded immediately to inquiries seeking comment.
Musk is stepping up his criticisms of U.S. President Joe Biden, has donated to an group that is working to win the election of Trump, Bloomberg reported on Friday citing reliable sources.
Musk’s influence can be beneficial to Trump since Musk is among the most followed people in X with 189.5 millions of followers. The result is that his tweets can quickly spread across the globe.
Musk has stated previously the fact that he is a partisan of Democratic presidents Hillary Clinton as well as Biden.
In the last few years Musk is well-known to have been a proponent of right-wing views and is now a fierce anti-diversity initiatives including Biden’s immigration policy and complaining his fellow Democrats have shown a “very cold shoulder” to Tesla and his rocket-making business SpaceX.
It was March and was a time when Trump set to announce his candidacy this week, as the Republican nominee to run in November’s. 5, election. According to reports, Trump been engaged with Musk along with other wealthy donors.
In response to the news reports of the meeting, Musk wrote a blog post about X: “Just to be completely clear, I will not donating any money to any candidates in the race for US President. ” Musk said in the month of May that Musk did not deny reports from the press about discussions regarding potential advisor roles in the course of a Trump presidency.
FROM “BULL***T ARTIST” TO “FAN OF ELON”
In July 2022, Musk said in 2022 that Trump was
“too old for that,” opens in a new tab” The president of the United States, and Trump must “sail towards sunset. ” Musk added that the possibility of a possible backing Florida Governor Ron DeSantis for president in 2024. Trump attacked, declaring Musk as an “Bull***t musician”.
Then in the second half of 2022, Twitter changed its policies on President Trump. U.S. President Trump shortly after Musk completed the purchase of $44 billion from the social media platform which was a source of controversy and then changed its name to X.
In the past month, Trump declared that he’s “a fan of Elon,” noting “he does a phenomenal job” with Tesla. “
Musk spoke at a separate Tesla shareholder’s meeting, during which they were able to engage in “some conversations. ” Trump is an “huge admirer” for Tesla’s electrical pickup vehicles Musk stated.
Trump has reiterated his commitment to immediately end the Biden Administration’s “mandate” to support the electric vehicle industry.
Musk’s support for Republicans along with his anti-Semitic views remarks as and other controversial comments have riled some Tesla customers and impacted the image of the company and its sales.
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Report by Hyunjoo Jin and Alexandra Ulmer, additional reporting by Rami Ayyub as well as Gnaneshwar Rajan Editing performed by Deepa Babington Lananh Nguyen and Franklin Paul
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