Tech billionaire Elon Musk has campaigned aggressively, rallying support for former President Trump by targeting government regulation, while championing the expansion of American companies and cutting government red tape. I'm going.
Musk formally endorsed Trump over the summer after the 45th president survived his first assassination attempt this election cycle, and has since campaigned in the key battleground state of Pennsylvania. They are gathering support and encouraging people to vote. Mr. Musk, drawing on his decades of experience as a technology visionary and business leader who has personally dealt with strict government regulations, made a point of breaking away from bureaucracy in his stump speech and commentary on X. It is a feature.
Early Sunday morning, Musk posted on X that his company, SpaceX, was prepared to share with the public a bizarre and alleged plan to be “forced by the government to kidnap seals.”
“Tomorrow I'm going to tell you how SpaceX kidnapped a seal and was forced by the government to put in earphones and play sonic boom sounds,” Musk posted on Sunday morning.
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Musk teased on Saturday that there are “a lot of crazy stories” related to government overregulation, including how SpaceX had to study the probability of its Starship rocket hitting a whale or shark. This was in response to a video of him speaking in Pennsylvania.
“SpaceX had to do this study to see if Starship would hit sharks. And I…it's a big ocean. There's a lot of sharks. It's not impossible, but… , that's highly unlikely. So we said, “Okay, let's analyze it. Can you give me some data on sharks? '' he said, drawing laughter from the audience. He said the National Marine Fisheries Service had ordered SpaceX to conduct the investigation.
“They were like, 'No, we can't provide shark data.' Well, then we're in a bit of a bind. How do we solve this possible shark problem? You could give it to the Western Division, but we don't trust them.'' I thought, 'Am I in a comedy sketch here?'” Musk said in the clip.
“Eventually, we were able to get the data and run the analysis and say, 'Yes, the shark will be fine.' But until we did this crazy shark analysis, we couldn't launch. They wouldn't let us continue. Then we thought, “Okay, this is it.'' But then they said, 'What about the whales? ''' Musk continued.
Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk speaks at a campaign event in Butler, Pennsylvania, Saturday, October 5, 2024, as former President Trump looks on. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
President Trump said that if re-elected to the White House, Musk could take on a new role as the federal government's “secretary of cost reduction.”
“He doesn't want to be in the Cabinet,” President Trump told Fox News' Maria Bartiromo on “Sunday Morning Futures” last week. “He just wants to be in charge of cutting costs.”
“We'll have a new position called Secretary of Cost Reduction. Elon wants it, and we have great people. He runs a big company. He just says, 'Let's join the Cabinet. I can't say, 'I think so.' ” No one else can, but Elon is a little different in that sense. ”
Back in August, when Musk invited Trump for an interview on X-Space, he focused his economic criticism on government overspending, which is causing the current inflation problem that is hitting Americans' pocketbooks. He said he was there.
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“Many people don't understand where inflation comes from. Inflation comes from government overspending, because the checks that the government writes never bounce. “When the money supply increases faster than the rate of goods and services, that's inflation,'' Musk said during the conversation.
“So we really need to cut government spending, we need to re-examine it…I think we need a government efficiency commission that says, 'Hey, where are we spending money wisely and where are we spending money unwisely?' ”
Musk officially began campaigning on behalf of Trump's candidacy last week, holding several rallies in Pennsylvania. Musk said he knows the place well, citing his experience living in Philadelphia while attending the University of Pennsylvania in the 1990s.
Last week, Musk spoke to an audience in Folsom, about 32 miles outside Philadelphia, about how SpaceX was fined $140,000 by the EPA for using potable water to cool its launch pad. emphasized.
Former President Trump gestures during a campaign rally at Findlay Toyota Arena on Sunday, October 13, 2024 in Prescott Valley, Arizona. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
“I'm going to say something outrageous. It's like being fined $140,000 by the EPA for dumping fresh water on the ground. Drinking water. That's crazy. I'll give you an example of how crazy it is. And we said, “We're using water to cool the launch pad during launch, and we're going to cool it so that the launch pad doesn't overheat. We brought in drinks. “Water, very clean, very clean water,'' Musk told the audience.
“And the FAA said, 'No, you have to pay a $140,000 fine.'” And we said, “But Starbase is in a tropical thunderstorm region, and water from the sky is constantly raining down on it.” “I felt like, 'I'm here,'” Musk said of SpaceX's headquarters in Texas. “'That's the same water we used.' So, I mean…no harm done. And they said, 'Yeah, but we didn't have a permit.' Do I need a freshwater permit?'” Musk said.
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Musk said the U.S. needs to move from “solving one problem after another” to expanding innovation and building industries that “inspire” its residents, but that “regulatory molasses is holding us back significantly.” “We are behind the times,” he claimed.
Elon Musk jumps on stage as former President Trump speaks at a campaign rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, Saturday, October 5, 2024. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
Musk's campaign is clearly worrying Democrats as President Trump claims the Keystone State.
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Pennsylvania is seen as a state likely to determine the final outcome of the election, and President Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris have repeatedly zigzagged around the state to rally support among urban residents, suburbanites, and farmers. I am doing it. Democratic Sen. John Fetterman warned party members not to discount Mr. Musk's influence among Pennsylvania voters.
“It wasn’t just that he supported; [Trump]But now the fact is that he's actively participating, going to rallies, etc., doing rallies, etc.,” Fetterman told the New York Post, adding that he's been involved in the highly successful Tesla and SpaceX CEO described Harris as appealing to the kind of voters they need. To win.
Sen. John Fetterman warned Democrats about Elon Musk's potential influence on Pennsylvania voters. (Getty Images)
“In other words, [Musk] “He's been incredibly successful, and I think some people see him as kind of like Tony Stark,” Fetterman said, referring to the popular Marvel Comics character. spoke. Tease him as he jumps up and down. And I just want to say that they're doing it at our peril. ”
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