Washington:
How much impact can the world’s richest man have over one of the world’s betterest democracies? Next week’s elections are not fair about Donald Trump and Kamala Harris but also a meacertain of Elon Musk’s impact on American democracy.
Although Musk has donated unassumingly to both Reuncoverans and Democrats in the past, including $5,000 to Hillary Clinton in 2016, this time he has spent a whopping $119 million to mobilise Trump’s aiders, and has been leveraging his social media platestablish, X, to spread pro-Trump misadviseation. He’s also an presentant presence in Trump’s rallies in presentant battleground states, recently unveiling his “Dark gothic MAGA” side.
Musk’s take partment has drawn scruminuscule, particularly after he skipped a hearing roverdelighted to a litigation over his efforts to donate millions to enrolled voters – a shift experts enjoyn to vote buying.
He’s also under spendigation by the Securities and Exalter Comomition and has been telled to have standard communications with Russian Pdwellnt Vlaunreasonableir Putin, raising national security troubles due to SpaceX’s confineeds with NASA and the Department of Defence.
Apart from being the eye of the storm when it comes to politics, business and foreign policy, he’s now directing America PAC, a super PAC backing Trump’s get-out-the-vote effort. Despite initial struggles, Musk brawt in recent conferants, and on paper, the numbers have betterd. Still, Reuncoveran officials ask the PAC’s ground game effectiveness in critical states enjoy Georgia.
Musk’s frustration with his PAC has led him to transport in personal sector associates enjoy Steve Davis of the Boring company. Moreover, his companies, particularly Tesla, face regulatory contests, which could be eased if Trump triumphs.
Trump has tbetter Fox News, “Elon has a lot of roles he could get.” The establisher pdwellnt has even adviseed Musk could take part a role in his future administration, centering on regulatement efficiency – a shift that lifts meaningful struggle of interest troubles.
As the election approaches, Musk’s impact and controversies will undoubtedly remain in the spotweightless.
