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REPORT: Elon Musk Pledges MASSIVE Monthly Donations To Trump Through Election

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Elon Musk is promising to inject rocket fuel into the presidential race, offering former President Donald Trump a massive boost to his electoral prospects.

The outspoken entrepreneur announced on Monday that he would be donating a jaw-dropping $45 million per month to a super PAC set up to buttress the Trump campaign’s voter outreach. The Wall Street Journal first reported on Musk’s massive gift which comes just a few days after the Tesla founder fully embraced Trump after he survived an attempt on his life. Others contributing to America PAC include Palantir Technologies co-founder Joe Lonsdale, the Winklevoss twins, former U.S. Ambassador to Canada Kelly Craft, and her husband Joe Craft, who is chief executive of coal producer Alliance Resource Partners, the outlet added.

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Since its June inception, America PAC has furiously been registering voters in key battleground states where President Trump’s lead has grown significantly since Saturday’s shooting. Among its activities, the shadow group is encouraging Trump supporters to vote early by absentee ballot or mail-in voting, mirroring a key initiative by the Republican National Committee to accomplish the same objective nationwide. A source with the PAC told the Journal that its strategy is centered around countering Democrats’ historical “get out the vote” advantage in ground operations.

Even by the money-saturated standards of America’s politics, Musk’s donation marks an eye-popping expansion of activity by the ultra-wealthy to influence elections. At a net worth of around $250 million, the South African native is by far the world’s richest man, and his promised sums, if they materialize, may represent the single greatest set of contributions by an American citizen in the history of U.S. politics.

The Journal reported that America PAC has beefed up its staff, hiring hundreds in swing states like Pennsylvania, where the latest polls show the former president leading President Joe Biden by 3%; as well as Virginia, where conflicting polls confirm that a state won by Biden by 10% four years ago is now hotly contested.

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Musk’s donation is also an abrupt shift from statements he made back in March when he said he would be withholding financial support from both main presidential candidates this fall. After a bullet from a high-powered rifle nicked Trump’s ear during a speech in Butler, PA, Musk posted on his social media platform X, “I fully endorse President Trump and hope for his rapid recovery.”

“Last time America had a candidate this tough was Theodore Roosevelt,” he added.

The Journal previously reported that talks between Trump and Musk have increased over the past year and seen the two men develop a friendlier rapport, leading some observers to speculate whether Musk would hold an influential role in a second Trump administration. It appears unlikely that the SpaceX founder would leave his three corporations to take a position in Trump’s cabinet should he win, but stranger things have happened.

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