Elon Musk backs down from $45 million a month pledge to Trump

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Source: Fortune

Elon Musk backs down from $45 million a month pledge to Trump, says he doesn’t ‘subscribe to cult of personality’

Elon Musk is not spending $45 million a month to elect former President Donald Trump, though he has created a new super political action committee (PAC) to fund the Republican candidate, the billionaire told conservative commentator Jordan Peterson during an interview Monday evening.

During the interview, which was hosted on Musk’s platform, X, Peterson asked Musk if he had “shocked” himself by donating a substantial amount of money to Trump’s campaign. Musk – who has previously criticized Trump, calling him a “bull in a china shop” – paused to correct the “media.”

“What’s been reported in the media is simply not true,” Musk said. “I am not donating $45 million a month to Trump.”


Read more: https://fortune.com/2024/07/23/elon-musk-backs-down-from-45-million-a-month-pledge-to-trump-says-he-doesnt-subscribe-to-cult-of-personality/

[Hassler]

1. No need for Leon Skum to finance America's Biggest Loser

[sakabatou]

2. "I don't subscribe to cult of personality, unless it's MY personality!"

[Blue Owl]

3. I wanna see some live footage of tRump groveling.... some wailing and begging on his knees kind of shit...

"Please Elon... I need the money..."

[Lulu KC]

4. Hard to find out what's going on

when you have two lying liars lying at the same time.

[Clouds Passing]

19. Two Nazi liars at that

[Abstractartist]

5. He knows

That all you need to say. He knows 45 million x3 would be a ton of cash wasted on a losing proposition.

He knows who is going to lose.

This is the beginning of the end…. Rats off a burning ship

[ImNotGod]

6. he's prob donating 46 mil a month. nt

[hamsterjill]

17. Exactly. The semantics.

Or donating 45 million to Trump’s PAC and not to Trump.

Carefully crafted response.

[cstanleytech]

7. Actually the way he worded it is tricky and leaves room to maneuver as it might not be 45 but rather 46 million.

[BumRushDaShow]

8. He's probably donating it to the legal fund

since 45 started filing more suits and appeals again.

[EarthFirst]

9. Trump will file a lawsuit on Friday demanding the payments...

News at 11…

[C Moon]

10. I love it!!!!

[msongs]

11. boycott tesla nt

[quakerboy]

25. boycott twitter

[dickthegrouch]

12. Which will refute him first? SEC or FEC ? /nt

[LetMyPeopleVote]

13. Telsa is paying a price for Musk's stupidity and so he had to back down

Link to tweet

[cstanleytech]

15. Hmmm isn't a Tesla essentially a giant paperweight if the battery goes because the cost to replace it is so high?

[oldmanlynn]

16. Elon now believes trump will lose

Thats what i get from all this

[A-Schwarzenegger]

18. "Trump who?"

[oasis]

21. Exactly

[travelingthrulife]

20. These two deserve each other

[jmowreader]

22. Y'know, I was always under the impression...

...that the thing the Republicans hate most is "foreigners" interfering in our elections.

The South African-born Musk falls into that category of people to a tee.

[quakerboy]

26. "foreigners" means brown. it has nothing to do with country of birth

[geardaddy]

23. He's losing money, because no one is buy ad space for Xitter

He wants to sure former adverstiser. What a complete baby!

[prodigitalson]

24. don't expect depressed elon to honor manic elon's pledges

[quakerboy]

27. did anyone believe it?

First.. 44.99 million would qualify.
So would 45 million to a pac that supports trumps causes, not specifically to trump.

So would not personally giving the money but instead manipulating finances to have the money coming at the expense of other investors in tesla, Twitter, SpaceX, or other ventures he has his fingers in.