"When Elon Musk came to the White House asking me for help on all his many
subsidized projects, whether its electric cars that don't drive long enough,
driverless cars that crash, or rocket ships to nowhere, without which
subsidies he'd be worthless, and telling me how he was a big Trump fan and
Republican, I could have said, 'drop to your knees and beg,' and he would
have done it..."
-Trump, who Elon is currently giving $45 million / month for his campaign.
But hey, that's pocket change compared to the brand value he has incinerated on Twitter.
Ouch! It is that age old problem. Massive wealth is unelected power, and they use the wealth to influence who we get to pick and what they do. Its not guranteed to happen but it is a sizable influence.
Elon is not giving Trump $45 million per month. Musk denied this in a recent interview with Peterson. He did say created a PAC though. [1]
I know it makes Musk an easy target and easier to attack when a report comes out saying he's donating $45m to Trump but seriously people need to stop believing blindly what the media says about anyone (and Musk especially) without fact-checking first. When I first saw the article about it in WSJ I was skeptical. There were 0 sources and it was sus.
"Oh WSJ said it so it must be true!"
WSJ's source: "according to people familiar with the matter." [2]
Where do you see he donated $45 million to it? Legit source please? Not WSJ "someone familiar with the matter"
Yes the PAC may support Trump but I don't think he's pumping 45 mil a month into it. WSJ put that article about it without any sources and Musk denied it.
You believe everything Trump says? His staff told him that after reading business insider. They didn't even bother checking their actual accounts to see if Elon's super PAC donated $45M this month.
