Elon Musk's donations to Trump 2024 bid top $130M

Tesla (TSLA) and X CEO Elon Musk has significantly increased his financial backing of former President Donald Trump's campaign, with contributions reaching $132 million total, including $56 million in just the first two weeks of October. This follows Musk's initiative pledging to giveaway $1 million daily to registered voters who sign his super PAC's (political action committee) petition. Yahoo Finance Washington Correspondent Ben Werschkul analyzes how these substantial donations may be impacting Trump's presidential bid. A recent Yahoo Finance survey asked over 4,000 regular users to gauge whether Musk's campaigning could actually be hurting Trump's re-election efforts. The Wall Street Journal reported Musk's extensive communications with Russian President Vladimir Putin and Kremlin officials dating back to 2022, according to US and European officials. Warren Strobel, Wall Street Journal national security reporter and co-author, joined Yahoo Finance earlier today to discuss why Musk's relationship and communication channels with Putin could prove to be a "double-edged sword" for the US.

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[josephohanlon]

Musk had donated $75Mil just last week, now, another $130mil, Wow!

[jasonwells]

Still can't beat Zucks $400 million last election

[MrNHeneghan]

Very straightforward - Trump is Musk’s golden ticket to White House - medium term play

[FurryTahger]

ELON. YOU'RE ONE OF MY FAVORITES PLEASE. I MUST TALK TO YOU.

[mailehunt]

Thank you Elon Musk to support Mr Trump.
❤❤❤
Make American great again 🇺🇸💪✌️🙏

[navajo]

Asian Montagnard North Carolina vote for Trump

[kips]

Support who has the best policies f9r the country

[charlestidwell]

If there ever was a more clear cut case of not being taxed enough given the income thrown away here, I don't know of it. This is ridiculous and is an embarrassment of our Internal Revenue Service. This will be the coup de grace that settles "paying their fair share" for all time....

[RC]

Interesting that we now learn that both Trump and Musk have had numerous recent conversations with Russia's Putin.

[droyhunterassociates]

Trying to insinuate another scandal I see

[terirachelsims]

Now it's appropriate to buy control of our country? And it's fine for Trump and Musk to be cooperating with Putin?

[Drew-bedh]

Some dirty stuff going on here. One person should be able to donate that much money to a campaign. Why is Elon Musk supporting Trump? What is in it for him? Hmmm

[justachipnc]

Aww... poor blue's... Mark Sucaburge isn't giving Dims 100s of millions this time... Oh Boo-hoo. Blues flushing a *BILLION DOLLARS* down the crapper 😂😂👍👍 Out pending R's by 5 times and still getting smashed !!!

[dustinspivey]

Elon is a patriot it definitely helps his case he is the man

[frogsong]

Retired Army Gen. Mark A. Milley, who served as Trump’s chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, told Bob Woodward in his recent book “War” that Trump was “fascist to the core” and “the most dangerous person to this country.” And retired Gen. Jim Mattis, who worked as U.S. secretary of defense under Trump, reportedly later told Woodward that he agreed with Milley’s assessment.

[MDK]

46% we’re going to already vote for him 25% boost lol 28% Kamala base 😂

[michaeledwards]

I used admire Elon Musk! But he turned out to be another power hungry person (to put it nicely!)

[valentinvasilev]

If Musk spends millions on Trump, this means that Trump has promised billions (from our taxes) to Musk.

[angelaburge]

Wow, Elon! Thank you for caring about the USA! I wish more billionaires were like him.

[utdwierdo]

LOL yeah Musk is certainly a slam dunk for Trump. GF