Elon Musk and Donald Trump connected in March at the estate of billionaire Nelson Peltz. Since then, the two have discussed various policies…
Donald Trump has raised the possibility of tech billionaire Elon Musk playing an advisory role if he returns to the White House next year, according to a new report from the Wall Street Journal.
The two men, who once had a tense relationship, have had several phone calls per month since March, as Trump seeks to court powerful donors and Elon Musk seeks an outlet for his political ideas, the newspaper said, citing multiple anonymous sources familiar with their conversations.
Musk and Trump connected in March at billionaire Nelson Peltz’s estate. Since then, the two have discussed various political issues, including immigration, on which Musk has made his voice heard in recent months.
But Elon Musk does not plan to donate money to Donald Trump
Elon Musk has said that he will not make donations to either of the two presidential campaigns in this election, but apparently he has told Trump that he plans to organize meetings to dissuade wealthy and powerful allies from supporting Joe Biden in November.
Just a few years ago, Musk and Trump exchanged insults. At a rally in 2022, Trump called Musk “another bullshit artist”. Meanwhile, Musk tweeted that Trump should “hang up the hat and sail into the sunset”.
Elon Musk briefly joined Trump’s group of business advisors at the White House early in his presidency, but Musk left the group after Trump withdrew the United States from the Paris climate agreement in 2017.
Since then, the relationships seem to have softened. When Musk acquired Twitter, renaming it as X, in 2022, he restored Trump’s account. And Musk has asked Trump to be more active on Twitter, according to the Journal, although Trump has largely remained loyal to his platform Truth Social.
Author: Chema Carvajal Sarabia
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