There is a simple answer to the question in the headline on Arwa Mahdawi’s article (Elon Musk is trying to buy the US election for Donald Trump. What does he want in return?, 22 October). Through his various companies, Elon Musk has hundreds of contracts with the federal government – from Nasa space flights to government cars.
According to the New York Times, two of his companies “account for at least $15.4bn in government contracts over the past decade”, and there have been at least 20 recent investigations or reviews into Musk’s companies by federal regulators.
