Previously known as a supporter of the Democratic Party, Tesla billionaire Elon Musk seems to have found common ground with Donald Trump.
The richest man in the world Elon Musk plans to hold a debate next night for the Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump’s with. The conversation is to be broadcast live on the X messaging platform owned by Musk.
This year, Musk has openly supported Donald Trump as the next US president. He announced his intentions just minutes after Trump’s assassination attempt in July.
Viewed from a historical perspective, Musk’s show of support can even be considered a bit surprising.
A longtime Democrat
Relations between Trump and Musk have warmed only in the last year.
Born in South Africa, Musk became an American citizen in 2002. After that, he was known for a long time as a supporter of the Democratic Party.
American According to CNBC However, Musk is a president alienated from the Democratic camp Joe Biden in the season. Biden is known as a defender of the rights of the American working class. Musk, on the other hand, has a critical attitude towards trade unions and he has opposed the reforms to the legislation concerning employees pushed by Biden.
In 2021, Biden was left uninvited by Musk to the electric car conference hosted by the White House, even though Musk leads Tesla, one of the world’s largest electric car manufacturers, and is the company’s largest shareholder.
Last November, Musk said that he would no longer vote for Biden in the upcoming presidential election.
Trump and Musk’s long and rocky road to becoming friends
Although there were clear rifts between Musk and the Democratic Party, a new partnership between Musk and Trump seemed unlikely for a long time.
Last year, Musk ran against the Florida governor who challenged Trump for the Republican presidential nomination by Ron DeSantis behind. After DeSantis gave up his candidacy, Musk was faced with a difficult choice.
As late as 2022, Trump and Musk made disapproving statements about each other publicly on social media, at political events and other occasions.
– I don’t hate Trump, but it would be time for him to give up and ride off into the sunset, Musk wrote on Twitter in July 2022.
Britain’s the BBCAccording to , in March, Musk met Trump at his estate in Mar-a-Lago, Florida. After this, the two have given each other clearly warmer statements than before.
This year, Musk has organized dinner invitations for influencers opposed to Biden and founded the America Political Action Committee foundation, which supports Trump’s presidential election campaign.
According to CNBC, Musk and Trump seem to have found common ground as the bellwethers of the far right, whose main goal is to free the White House from the power of the Democratic Party.
Earlier, The Wall Street Journal revealed, citing its own sources, that Musk plans to finance Trump’s campaign with 45 million dollars per month. Musk has acknowledged that he supports Trump’s campaign, but with a much more modest amount than publicly announced.
Will Trump finally return to Twitter?
Trump, who has been away from the X messaging service for a long time, has today made his first post on X (formerly Twitter) in almost a year. The publication has sparked a debate about whether Trump, who was one of Twitter’s most active and influential users at the time, plans to finally become active on the platform.
Trump was banned from Twitter after inciting his voters to oppose the outcome of the 2020 presidential election. The violent riots culminated in the takeover of the Congress building seen on January 6, 2021.
In recent years, Trump has devoted himself to the development of the Truth Social messaging service he founded.