Tech billionaire Elon Musk has reportedly donated to a super PAC supporting former President Trump’s reelection effort. Bloomberg reports.
Musk, the CEO of SpaceX and Tesla, donated an undisclosed amount to the America PAC, a source familiar with the matter told the outlet.
The allegations come just months after Musk said he wouldn’t give money to either president ahead of the November rematch between Trump and Biden, but he has increasingly voiced support for conservative views and politics in recent years.
“Let me be clear: I have not donated to either candidate for president of the United States,” Musk said. I have written He posted this on his social media platform X in March.
But The New York Times report As former President Donald Trump’s campaign was trying to “build up its finances,” he met with Trump and Republican donors in Florida, and the presumptive GOP nominee later confirmed the meeting had taken place.
Musk has also hinted at the possibility of endorsing a candidate in the final stages of the campaign.
The billionaire has also been a harsh critic of Biden on The X Show, criticizing the president over his loyalty to unions and his immigration policies.
“Why would the far-left Biden administration welcome violent illegal immigrants who prey on your friends and family to America?” X said in his post Earlier this year he said: “Other countries have warned us that it would be madness to turn America into a haven for convicted criminals!”
According to Bloomberg, U.S. PACs have until July 17 to disclose their new donor lists.
The news also came after Trump significantly outraised Biden in May, thanks in part to a cash surge following the former president’s conviction in a hush-money trial in New York. The numbers helped negate Biden’s financial advantage earlier in the election cycle, but both candidates still have a lot of money at their disposal.
Hill contacted Musk, USA PAC and Chris Gober. accounting and Head of America PAC, according to the Federal Election Commission.
