Musk pours $75m into pro-Trump group, underscoring influence on US election
Al Jazeera
The SpaceX owner endorsed Trump in July and is now leveraging his pocketbook to help the former president return to White House.
Billionaire Elon Musk has funnelled about $75m over three months into an organisation he created in support of former United States President Donald Trump, the 2024 Republican presidential candidate.
The spending, revealed in a federal disclosure on Tuesday, underscores how Musk has become a key piece of Trump’s efforts to win the November 5 presidential election against Democratic candidate Kamala Harris.
It also underscores the persistent influence of mega-donors in US politics.
Speaker to right-wing personality Tucker Carlson earlier this month, Musk said he had created the group, known as a political action committee or PAC, to “support the core values that I believe in”.
Named the America PAC, the group describes those values as the pursuit of secure borders, sensible spending, safe cities, a fair justice system, free speech and self-protection.
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