Source: Musk plans to give $45 mln a month to new pro-Trump PAC, WSJ reports | Reuters
Billionaire Elon Musk has said he plans to commit around $45 million a month to a new pro-Trump super political-action committee, the Wall Street Journal reported on Monday, citing people familiar with the matter.
Musk had indicated that he planned to start his donations in July to the America PAC, backing former President Donald Trump’s presidential run, the newspaper said. However, the South Africa-born businessman was not listed on a Monday filing by the group, which shows that it has raised more than $8 million.
Lonsdale Enterprises and the Winklevoss twins were among the donors to America PAC. Lonsdale donated $1 million, and Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss each contributed $250,000.
Musk, the world’s richest person and the billionaire chief executive of Tesla (TSLA.O), opens new tab, did not respond to Reuters’ request for comment. On X, he replied to a Wall Street Journal post of the report with a meme featuring the words “fake gnus,” in an apparent reference to so-called fake news.
Lonsdale also did not respond to Reuters’ request for comments.
On Saturday, Musk publicly endorsed Trump for the first time in the U.S. presidential race, hours after Trump was shot in the ear during a campaign rally.
This move cements Musk’s shift towards right-wing politics and gives Trump a high-profile backer in his bid to return to the White House in the Nov. 5 election.
Trump chose Ohio U.S. Senator J.D. Vance on Monday to be his vice presidential running mate, as the Republican Party officially nominated the former president to run again for the White House.
《华尔街日报》周一援引知情人士的话报道，亿万富翁埃隆·马斯克表示，他计划每月向一个新的支持特朗普超级政治行动委员会捐款约 4500 万美元。 该报称，马斯克曾表示，他计划于 7 月份开始向美国政治行动委员会捐款，支持前总统唐纳德·特朗普竞选总统。然而，这位出生于南非的商人并未列在该集团周一提交的文件中，该文件显示该集团已筹集超过 800 万美元。 朗斯代尔企业公司和文克莱沃斯双胞胎兄弟是美国 PAC 的捐助者之一。朗斯代尔捐赠了 100 万美元，卡梅伦·文克莱沃斯和泰勒·文克莱沃斯各捐赠了 25 万美元。 世界首富、特斯拉 (TSLA.O) 亿万富翁首席执行官马斯克没有回应路透社的置评请求。在 X 上，他回复了《华尔街日报》的这篇报道，并用一个带有“假牛羚”字样的表情包来回复，显然是指所谓的假新闻。 朗斯代尔也没有回应路透社的置评请求。 周六，在特朗普在竞选集会上耳朵中弹数小时后，马斯克在美国总统竞选中首次公开支持特朗普。 此举巩固了马斯克向右翼政治的转变，并成为特朗普在 11 月 5 日重返白宫大选名人支持者。 特朗普周一选择俄亥俄州美国参议员 J.D. 万斯作为他的副总统竞选搭档，共和党正式提名这位前总统再次竞选白宫。
