Billionaire businessman Elon Musk said Wednesday that he has no plans yet to support either Donald Trump or Joe Biden in the 2024 general election, but said he would “distance himself” from the 81-year-old incumbent. It has been revealed that
The CEO of Tesla, SpaceX and made a statement.
“Are you leaning towards anyone?” In footage aired on CNN, Lemon asks Musk, 52, where the former anchor appeared after Musk abruptly canceled his show following the interview.
Musk answered, “No,” then added with a laugh. “I’m distancing myself from Biden.”
The New York Times reported that President Trump reportedly passed Mr. Musk in Palm Beach, Florida, last week and is hoping for a longer-term meeting with the electric car, rocket and social media mogul in the future.
Musk previously revealed that he voted for Biden over Trump in the 2020 election.
He told Lemon that he met the 45th president while “having breakfast at a friend’s house” and “Donald Trump came over.”
“I’d like to say he did most of the talking,” Musk said of the social gathering, adding that he has no plans to donate to the Trump campaign or help pay for the former president’s mounting legal costs.
Musk abruptly canceled his show after his interview with Lemon.
“The interview he graciously agreed to was open-ended, and my questions were respectful and wide-ranging, covering everything from SpaceX to the presidential election. We had a good conversation. “Obviously, he felt differently,” the former CNN host said earlier Wednesday.
“His approach was basically ‘CNN but on social media,’ and as the fact that CNN is dying shows, that doesn’t work,” Musk later refuted about X.
Lemon told Outfront host Erin Burnett, in her first appearance on CNN since being fired last year, that the interview was “momentarily tense” and that Musk’s comments about free speech were ” “It must be just a point of contention,” he said.
In 2022, Musk appealed to voters: A Republican Congress will be elected in the midterm elections to counter Biden’s Democratic Party.
He also claimed that Biden is encouraging immigrants to come to the United States so they can vote for Democrats.
“What I want for president in 2024 is someone who is a centrist with common sense. I was hoping for that in the Biden administration, but so far I’ve been disappointed,” he tweeted in 2022. did.
