Musk Seeks to Put $100 Million Directly Into Trump Political Operation

[NJCher]

Source: NY Times

Elon Musk has signaled to President Trump’s advisers in recent days that he wants to put $100 million into groups controlled by the Trump political operation, according to three people with knowledge of the matter.
It is unheard-of for a White House staffer, even one with part-time status, to make such large political contributions to support the agenda of the boss. But there has never been someone in the direct employ of an administration like Mr. Musk, the world’s wealthiest person, who is leading Mr. Trump’s aggressive effort to shrink the federal government, the Department of Government Efficiency.
Over the weekend, Mr. Musk traveled to and from Florida aboard Air Force One with Mr. Trump, and posted on his social media website, X, that he had dinner with Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Saturday night after some tense interactions earlier in the week.
And on Tuesday, as Mr. Musk’s electric car company, Tesla, faced some violent protests around the globe, Mr. Trump made a display of having five Teslas brought to the White House grounds in a demonstration for the news media, and checked out the cars with Mr. Musk by his side. It was an extraordinary promotion of a company by the most powerful person in the federal government.

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[Blue Owl]

1. How the fuck is this fair, or legal?

Fuck this shit.

[dchill]

5. It's obviously neither.

But it IS Trumpy and Musky.

[Shipwack]

8. It's the Golden Rule...

"He who has the gold, makes the rules!"

[Norrrm]

2. Trump has placed America for sale and Musk is the latest high bidder.

[Traildogbob]

3. An obvious

None taxable tip!!!

[NJCher]

4. sounds like it's a statement on Musk's insecurity

He's afraid trump is going to disrupt his disruption.

Nothing like flashing cash to convince trump. This seems like an outright bribe to let him stay.

[IcyPeas]

6. How long until they brand the Whitehouse....

Big flashing lights with "TRUMP" on one side and "MUSK" on the other?

[angrychair]

7. We keep crashing his Tesla stock

And his house of cards collapses. Almost everything is heavily leveraged against his Tesla stock.

[NJCher]

11. he seems desperate to stay

and he had that notorious meeting with trump's cabinet that went poorly, so I've been thinking.

If, as you say, things are leveraged against Tesla stock, maybe he's really in financial trouble. With the amount of money he's supposedly worth,
and if he doesn't really have it, the only way to this is a huge pot of $$, like the U.S. treasury.

[angrychair]

12. Heavily leveraged

He used a part of his Tesla stock to secure the funding he needed for Twitter and to keep StarLink going too (I saw an unverified report that he is losing 120 satellite a month)

[NJCher]

13. 120 satellites a month !?

Wonder what that costs?

Plus I have never figured out how you run any business by being absent from it. You can tell from his twitter accounts that he simply issues his opinions all day long.

[MissouriDem47]

9. Since Musk Companies

Since Musk Companies are receiving government subsidies how is Elon is allowed to openly bribe Trump?

[Karasu]

10. Get this fucking private citizen the fuck out of there.

[SomewhereInTheMiddle]

14. Buying the US government on the instalment plan. The next payment must be due. Nt

[liberalgunwilltravel]

15. Sue them and get the case back to SCOTUS

Make them re-justify Citizens United. The traitors and Russian assets on the Court probably wouldn't take the case, but it's worth a try.

[travelingthrulife]

16. Deport him and seize his assets to pay for the damage he has inflicted on our country.

[RazorbackExpat]

17. Was that Air Force One

or was it Lolita One?