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Sydney Lake, Alena Botros

Elon Musk, having assembled his 'cavalry,' says he'll remain a big player in American politics after the presidential election

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Elon Musk, who emerged as one of Donald Trump's biggest supporters, said on X Spaces Tuesday evening he would continue being involved in American politics after the election.

This is the same man who previously said former President Donald Trump should “hang up his hat [and] sail into the sunset”. But the Tesla CEO has had quite the change of heart about the former president in the past couple of years since that July 2022 post on X. Indeed, the SpaceX founder had donated at least $132 million to the Trump campaign as of Oct. 26, making him one of Trump's biggest financial supporters. 

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