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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]

[1] https://time.com/6999003/elon-musk-donate-millions-trump-cam...

[2] https://www.wsj.com/politics/elections/elon-musk-has-said-he...



So wait, he created a PAC and donated $45 million dollars to the PAC and the pac is meant to support Trump right?


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.


Ooh, Trump is going to be disappointed, he's been bragging about the $45M figure:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dxb-eXwcsEI


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.


So you think he will take the news gracefully that he isn't getting $45M after all? LOL.




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