With $75 Million Gift, Musk Joins Right-Wing Billionaires Bankrolling Trump Campaign

Photo caption: Tesla CEO Elon Musk attends a campaign rally with Republican nominee Donald Trump on October 5, 2024 in Butler, Pennsylvania. Photo credit: Kevin Dietsch / Getty Images. Article by Jake Johnson. Common Dreams – Oct 16, 2024.

Prominent members of the United States’ billionaire class have shelled out massive sums in the final stretch of the 2024 campaign to elect one of their own, Republican nominee Donald Trump, to the White House, with Tesla CEO Elon Musk donating nearly $75 million in recent months to a super PAC supporting the former president’s bid for a second term. […]

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