Elon Musk reveals the ridiculous amount of money he's donating to a Trump Super PAC

Billionaire Elon Musk has said he plans to perpetrate a massive, monthly aid to a caller pro-Trump ace political-action committee.

Musk had indicated that he planned to commencement his donations successful July to nan America PAC, backing erstwhile President Donald Trump's statesmanlike run.

The full publication from nan Tesla CEO and caput of societal media level X will beryllium a stunning $45 cardinal a month. 

Lonsdale Enterprises and nan Winklevoss Twins were among nan donors to America PAC. 

The patient donated $1 cardinal and Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss each contributed $250,000.

Others progressive pinch Lonsdale include former US ambassador to Canada Kelly Craft and her husband, Joe Craft. 

The South Africa-born businessman was not listed connected a Monday filing by nan group, which shows that it has raised much than $8 million.

On Saturday, Musk publically endorsed Trump for nan first clip successful nan statesmanlike race, hours aft Trump was changeable successful nan receptor during a run rally.

This move cements Musk's displacement towards right-wing authorities and gives Trump a high-profile backer successful his bid to return to nan White House successful nan November 5 election.

Trump connected Monday chose Ohio U.S. Senator J.D. Vance to beryllium his vice statesmanlike moving mate, arsenic nan Republican Party officially nominated nan erstwhile president to tally again for nan White House.

In March, Trump met pinch Musk and different able donors and caused specified a fuss that Musk made a declare connected societal media afterward.

'Just to beryllium ace clear, I americium not donating money to either campaigner for US President,' he said connected March 6. 

In May, he besides denied media reports that location had been talks complete a imaginable advisory domiciled for him successful immoderate Trump presidency.

Musk has yet to make immoderate official comments connected nan donation.

Biden run spokesperson James Singer said that Musk knows Trump is 'a sucker who will waste America out, cutting his taxes while raising taxes connected nan mediate people by $2,500.'

'Joe Biden has been opinionated up to group for illustration Elon and fighting for nan mediate people his full profession - and it´s why he´ll triumph successful November,' Singer said successful a statement.

Unlike different billionaires, Musk has not spent heavy connected governmental donations but has antecedently fixed to some nan Republicans and Democrats. 

Musk personally has provided backing to politicians including Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama, Marco Rubio, George W. Bush and John Kerry.

His companies Tesla and SpaceX, person benefited from national authorities contracts and subsidies.

However, successful caller years, Musk has seemingly leaned much towards nan GOP.

This whitethorn beryllium successful portion owed to a snub by nan Biden management successful 2021 aft they failed to induce Tesla to a acme connected electrical vehicles.

'Let's not hide nan White House giving Tesla nan acold shoulder, excluding america from nan EV summit,' Musk wrote successful December, much than 2 years aft nan sleight.

The pursuing twelvemonth he encouraged his followers connected X, formerly Twitter, to ballot successful a Republican Congress up of nan midterms.

After Musk purchased the societal media level Twitter successful 2022, he reinstated Trump's relationship aft it was suspended successful nan aftermath of January 6.

Musk has mostly railed against left-leaning 'woke' policies and has repeated correct helping rhetoric connected immigration. 

'America will autumn if it tries to sorb nan world,' Mr. Musk posted connected X connected Tuesday. 

He besides suggested that Democrats are 'ushering successful immense numbers of illegals' to perpetrate elector fraud, contempt nary grounds to support this. 

Early successful nan Republican superior season, Musk gave signs he backed Florida Governor Ron DeSantis. 

DeSantis kicked disconnected his run pinch a unrecorded streamed question and reply pinch nan billionaire, nevertheless this did not materialize into a donation. 

Trump past period reiterated his promise to instantly wantonness nan Biden administration's 'mandate' to support nan electrical conveyance industry. But he added: 'I'm a large instrumentality of electrical cars. I'm a instrumentality of Elon.'

'He does an unthinkable occupation pinch Tesla.'

Musk said they had 'some conversations' and Trump is simply a 'huge instrumentality of nan Cybertrucks,' referring to Tesla's electrical pickup trucks.

While he has publically criticized Biden's policies connected migration and electrical vehicles and moreover his age, Musk has not made immoderate general endorsement successful November's title and Trump has said he did not cognize if he has Musk's support.

Musk's views person wounded his opinionated among immoderate consumers, according to a CivicScience study shown exclusively to Reuters.