Musk meets with Trump, then says he won’t donate to either campaign
Billionaire Elon Musk, CEO of electric vehicle maker Tesla, says he will not donate money to either Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump or Democratic President Joe Biden in this year’s election, one day after meeting Trump in Florida.
Tesla CEO Elon Musk says his Neuralink company is seeking permission to test its brain implant in people soon. Musk’s Neuralink is one of many groups working on linking brains to computers. (Patrick Pleul/Pool via AP, File
Trump met with Musk, one of the world’s richest individuals, with a small group of other people in Florida over the weekend, a source confirmed to Reuters on Wednesday, as the former president seeks a major cash infusion for his campaign.
In a post on his social media platform X, Musk said: “Just to be super clear, I am not donating money to either candidate for US President.”
In 2022, Musk asked Americans to elect a Republican Congress in US midterm elections in order to counterbalance Biden’s Democrats.
He has said on X that Biden is encouraging migrants to come to the United States so they can vote for Democrats, even though people without US citizenship are not eligible to vote in federal elections.
Earlier on Wednesday, Nikki Haley ended her long-shot challenge to Trump, ensuring he will be the Republican Party’s candidate in a rematch with Biden in November.
