Elon Musk reportedly plans to give $45m a month to pro-Trump Super Pac
AI summary of the linked articleElon Musk reportedly plans to give $45m a month to America Pac, a Super Pac focused on electing Donald Trump, starting in July, according to the Wall Street Journal. Bloomberg reported that Musk has already donated "a sizable amount" to the group, though the exact figure will not be public in election filings until 15 July. Both reports relied on unnamed people familiar with Musk's plans. As of 30 June, the New York Times found that Musk had not made any donations to the Super Pac, and the group has already been backed by tech allies including Joe Lonsdale and the Winklevoss twins. |
1 comment mishaSubmitter “The America Pac has already been backed by some of Musk’s friends and allies in the tech world, the New York Times reported, including Joe Lonsdale, who co-founded the software company Palantir with Peter Thiel, a major political donor to Trump’s newly named vice-president, the Ohio senator JD Vance. The Winklevoss twins, cryptocurrency entrepreneurs who have attacked Joe Biden for waging what they called a war on cryptocurrency through regulation, have also reportedly contributed to the effort, the Wall Street Journal reported. They hailed Trump as “pro-Bitcoin, pro-crypto, pro-business” in June.” Bearing in mind yesterday’s blog post by Vitalik ”Against choosing your political allegiances based on who is "pro-crypto". Anyway if you’re a “X” user you know now where your money is going. |
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