Donald Trump May Give Elon Musk Advisory Role If
Elected President: Report
Mr Trump and Mr Musk’s tense relationship has improved
as they speak on the phone “several times a month.”
World News Edited
by Anoushka Sharma Updated: May 30, 2024 2:34 pm IST
Former United States President Donald Trump is
considering offering billionaire Elon Musk an advisory role in the White House
if he is re-elected as the President after the 2024 election, as per a report
in the Wall Street Journal.
According
to the outlet, both billionaires have discussed a role that would allow the
Tesla CEO to provide formal input and influence over border security and
economic policies, areas on which he speaks widely on his social media platform
X, (formerly Twitter). Notably, Mr Trump and Mr Musk's tense relationship has
improved as they speak on the phone "several times a month." Mr Musk
and billionaire investor Nelson Peltz have also discussed an initiative with Mr
Trump to avoid voter fraud and to encourage elites not to support President
Biden's re-election campaign.
Senior
Trump adviser Brian Hughes told the New York Post, "President Trump will
be the only voice of what role an individual plays in his presidency. But it
has been widely reported and is demonstrated in a number of ways, that many of
the nation's most important leaders in technology and innovation are concerned
with the damage done to their industry by Biden's failures to handle our
economy and his moves to overburden innovators with government bureaucracy and
unrelenting regulation."
In recent
years, Mr Musk has become vocal about political matters and has criticised
several legislations, claiming that they are the product of the "woke mind
virus." He has also been critical of the Biden administration's handling
of border security, citing the record number of immigrants who have entered the
United States illegally via the southern border in recent years.
Notably,
Elon Musk met with Mr Trump in March in Palm Beach, Florida, along with unnamed
wealthy Republican donors, the New York Times said. Although the subject of the
meeting remained unclear, it was stated that the meeting happened as Mr Trump
was looking for campaign contributors to run for the 2024 US Elections.
However, Mr
Musk told the Washington Post that he had "never been to Mar-a-Lago,"
which is Mr Trump's estate in Palm Beach. Donald Trump, in an interview with
CNBC, confirmed the meeting but said he doesn't know whether the billionaire
would endorse him. "I don't know. I've been friendly with him over the
years. I've helped him; when I was president I, helped him. I've liked him. We
obviously have opposing views on a minor subject called electric cars," he
said.
The
second-richest man also wrote on his microblogging platform that he would not
donate money to any candidate for the elections. "Just to be super clear,
I am not donating money to either candidate for US President," Mr Musk
wrote on March 6.
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