The wealthiest man on the planet has pumped tens of millions of dollars into Donald Trump’s successful presidential campaign. He owns an influential social media company where he embraces right-wing influencers and conspiracy theories now dominating the platform. He has business interests with China and Russia’s Vladimir Putin’s regime while his companies receive billions of dollars in US government contracts.
Elon Musk wielded enormous, unprecedented influence in the 2024 presidential election. He has a powerful megaphone to his 203 million followers on X, earns priceless media coverage and backed a Republican nominee who delivered on his promise to put him in charge of gutting federal agencies and cutting trillions of dollars from the federal budget.
