Trump brags about how much money Elon Musk is giving him

Elon Musk’s social media platform X has worked with Donald Trump’s campaign to censor material that could be damaging to the former president’s chances at the White House as part of an unprecedented pattern of election interference in the history of the United States.

according to The New York TimesTrump told an associate that Musk was pumping $500 million into his campaign. The two men are said to speak “several times a week”.

The Times reported that the Trump campaign “connected with X” to prevent the spread of information allegedly hacked from a dossier compiled by GOP staffers tasked with vetting running mate JD Vance.

X, formerly known as Twitter, later suspended the account of the journalist who posted the leak and blocked links to the material, two people with knowledge of the situation said.

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Despite insisting in a 2022 post that the platform he bought for $44 billion “must be politically neutral,” the world’s richest man has thrown his considerable weight behind Trump’s 2024 election campaign.

Musk has posted at least 109 times about Trump and the election since endorsing the GOP nominee in July. They include a now-deleted post last month in which he said “no one is even trying” to assassinate President Joe Biden or Vice President Kamala Harris.

He has also accused Democrats of trying to speed up immigration in an attempt to manipulate the electoral landscape in their favor and spread baseless conspiracy theories about Trump’s opponents.

The Times says Musk is even considering taking a bus tour and knocking on doors in Pennsylvania, considered a crucial state, after moving operations there to focus on boosting Trump’s chances in the run-up to November 5

The tech billionaire’s “frantic commitment” to the race is said weather to reflect their determination to help secure a Trump victory. His millions are being funneled through a Super PAC and he’s built a team of top advisers in a war room in Pittsburgh.

According to federal records, America PAC has spent $80 million so far to boost Trump’s campaign, much of it going to voter solicitation programs.

“I’m not sure there’s a precedent in modern history for how Musk has inserted himself into the presidential race,” historian Benjamin Soskis told weather.

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