Republican presidential candidate and former U.S. President Trump delivers a speech during a campaign event in Charlotte, North Carolina, on July 24, 2024.
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Donald Trump Thursday said Musk “Never told me” he would $45 million monthly commitment Days later, Trump was endorsed for president Tesla The SpaceX CEO has denied reports that he would do so.
“I have a great relationship with him and I think he’s a good guy,” Trump said of Musk in a phone interview with Fox News.
“I was told he was going to give me $45 million a month. I said, ‘That sounds like a lot, even for Elon,'” the Republican presidential candidate said.
But Musk “never told me he was donating ($45 million),” he said.
“But he did say, ‘I strongly support you,’ even though I oppose the electric vehicle mandate,” Trump said, referring to the Biden administration’s policies aimed at achieving electric vehicle goals. Prioritize electric vehicles More than gasoline-powered vehicles.
Musk’s endorsement Shortly after Trump narrowly survived assassination attempt At a campaign rally on July 13.
This also comes more than a week before the president releases Joe Biden Announced withdrawal of re-election campaign and vice president Kamala Harris Became the de facto Democratic nominee.
Two days after the Trump rally shooting, The Wall Street Journal The report quoted people familiar with the matter as saying Musk plans to donate $45 million a month to the newly formed pro-Trump super PAC.
The PAC has received huge donations from other major tech and financial figures, including Joe Lonsdale and the Winklevoss twins.
But Musk said in an interview with conservative public figure Jordan Peterson that the numbers reported by the Wall Street Journal were “simply not true.”
“I’m not donating $45 million a month to Trump,” Musk said in an interview posted on Monday on X, a social media site he owns.
Musk also said he created a super political action committee called “American PAC” to “promote the principles that make America great in the first place.”
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During a visit to Capitol Hill on Wednesday, Musk doubled down when asked about his reported $45 million monthly commitment.
“I never said I donated $45 million a month to Trump,” Musk saysInvited by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to attend the Congress speech. “That’s a fictional story created by the Wall Street Journal.”
Musk announced in March that he Will not donate money to “Candidates for President of the United States.” But the statement left open the possibility that he could contribute indirectly through a political action committee, which he has now confirmed he will do.
