Musk donates ‘sizable amount’ to pro-Trump super PAC – US media report

By Reuters and ToI Staff 13 July 2024, 8:51 am

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Then-US president Donald Trump acknowledges SpaceX founder Elon Musk after the successful launch of the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket with the manned Crew Dragon spacecraft at the Kennedy Space Center in May, 2020. (Saul Martinez/Getty Images/AFP)

Billionaire Elon Musk has donated to a super PAC working to elect former US president Donald Trump, Bloomberg reports, citing sources.

The report does not indicate how much Musk donated, but says “a sizable amount” was given to a group called America PAC.

There is no response in the report from Musk, Trump or America PAC.

A spokesman for US President Joe Biden cited in the report says, “Elon knows Trump is a sucker who will sell America out, cutting his taxes while raising taxes on the middle class by $2,500.”

Bloomberg also quotes anonymous sources as saying that Republican billionaires Ken Griffin and Paul Singer, both of whom have criticized Trump in the past, have met with the presidential hopeful to discuss donating to his campaign.