Musk has been seen attacking Kamala Harris with AI generated images on X and wearing a custom made black Maga hat on a rally for Donald Trump in Pennsylvania
Musk A mega contributor to Trump and the US election landscape
With the US Elections coming into their final stage, polls could have more salience now. Election Day is November 5 and both parties are trying to fight until the last moment.
With the star campaigners rallying for their favourite contender Elon Musk has become a constant presence in the ongoing election race.
Be it on social media or at a rally, Musk is making sure to have an uninterrupted involvement until the elections are over.
Musk has been seen attacking Kamala Harris with AI generated images on X and wearing a custom made black Maga hat on a rally for Donald Trump in Pennsylvania.
X Owner has emerged as a unique influence on the campaign, actively backing Donald Trump, now more than ever. He has become a mega contributor for Trump’s campaigns, informal policy advisor, media influence and a one stop shop for online disinformation.
On 15th Oct, the Federal Election Commission filings unveiled that Tesla owner donated $75m in the last three months towards Pro Trump Pac.
Although the other Tech giants have also tried to influence politics in some or the other way with an intent to sway an election.
Trump and Musk, however, share a controversial history, with Musk calling the former president “too old” to contest again for elections in a series of twitter threads in 2022, while Trump called Musk a “bullshit artist”.
Nevertheless, the two of them have become engaged during the presidential race. In July, Elon Musk disclosed his full support for Donald Trump.
In the following months since, Musk has wholeheartedly invested his money into Trump campaigns.
Apart from rallies, Musk support for Trump can be seen on X.
On top of that, it was Musk who decided to restore Trump to the social network in late 2022.
However, the situation is not the same. In the 2020 campaign, Trump faced several restrictions on X.
With the support of Musk’s free speech policies, this might help Trump to scale up for the 2024 elections.
In addition to this, Musk’s feed has become a constant vocal stream about his support for Trump.
He has used X formerly known as Twitter to help Trump campaign.
Most of his tweets are of him promoting Trump’s ideologies and tweeting caustic remarks against Harris.
Musk has invested a large amount of money into Trump's media campaigns and on ground operations, so much that Elon Musk has become one of the largest right-wing donors now.
Concurrently with this, the US Election campaigns have come to a new era where the wealthiest men play a potential role, either by direct funding or via their influence in the market.
Elon Musk’s approach of offering assistance via his persuasion among young peers has contributed to a revamped landscape in US Elections.
This could influence Trump's trajectory.
This year's election campaigns have paved their way to new age elections where the lines between technology, business, and politics are hazy and where billionaires and tech giants, one of whom like Elon Musk can have an impact on the electoral process.