According to Federal Election Commission records, to date Mr. Musk has contributed about $119 million to a political committee supporting Mr. Trump’s campaign. He also appeared with Republican candidates at rallies, held an interview with Mr. Trump on X, and made many statements against Democratic candidate Kamala Harris on social networks. Mr. Trump’s victory opened a new era for the (already) richest person in the world with a fortune of 260 billion USD. Accordingly, billionaire Musk’s efforts to support Mr. Trump are helping him on his way to becoming one of the most influential political and business advisors next to the US president.

In September, Mr. Trump promised the billionaire the position of head of a new committee called the Government Effectiveness Committee, if this Republican candidate returned to the White House. This position is expected to give Mr. Musk broad powers to radically cut what he sees as “the massive federal bureaucracy holding America back.” Billionaire Musk also vowed to fight for deregulation and will seek influence in US policy on artificial intelligence, space exploration and electric vehicles – all areas. field in which Mr. Musk owns shares through leading businesses such as xAI, SpaceX and Tesla. “He is a personality, a special guy, a super genius. We have to protect our geniuses, we don’t have many of them,” Mr. Trump mentioned billionaire Musk in the article. victory speech.