What could Elon Musk want for helping to elect Donald Trump? NYT reporter explains

Tech billionaire Elon Musk hit the ground game hard in Pennsylvania ahead of the election to get President-elect Trump back in the White House. His efforts to turn out voters ended up paying dividends. New York Times reporter David Fahrenthold explains what role Trump may have in store for Musk within his administration and what Musk could be looking to get back for his help. 

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[fletcherreed]

OK… Elon has literally stated why he is doing this at just about every appearance he’s had since announcing he was with trump. But why don’t we just let one of your experts tell us since they probably know better

[bdk]

msnbc, you are irrelevent. i have always been a democrat, and youve cooked it for us. get off the air, 0 reputation left

[Gregory-tp]

Only reason to watch MSNBC is to make fun of it

[pooglechen]

What men with power always want? More power

[jamesroads]

What did the Facebook guy want for helping Biden...

[DaveIsALegendPeriod]

Corruption at its finest level. Disgusting.

[rare]

Elon is building a fleet of emotional support robots to help liberals cope with life😮

[jeancriner]

Trump is a one man show. He won't like sharing the attention for very long.

[barbarareed]

Your billionaires spent in excess of
1 billion 20 million… what did they want?
Btw I hear they are not happy the Democrats did not deliver 😡
# if we wanted what you had to offer we would have voted for you😡😡😡

[kari]

He wants America to be free. Free to speak, build and prosper, he’s said it over and over in many interviews. You should go watch a few, less confusion that way.

[johnclark]

With Elon’s contracts with the government wouldn’t being a part of the cabinet be a conflict of interest issue?

[ebadd]

He worth over 300 billion, not much he needs. Maybe maintain freedom of speech on social media.

[u.s.family]

MSNBC Thank you for Championing U.S. Democracy. Thank God for the FREE PRESS God Bless America. AMEN

[afridgetoofar]

Two billion dollars spent, and Kamala couldn’t manage to win even _one_ swing state 😂

[doggygaming]

100 million is something Elon could spend over 2, 000 times. Its peanuts to him.

[RudyAvelino-jc]

Elon Musk just wants freedom of speech and not censorship

[TheTallMan]

Elon Musk is like a James Bond villain.

[fletcherreed]

Wow, I mean you guys absolutely positively do not get it. This is hilarious

[TheCrispOne]

I’ll be boycotting EVERYTHING Musk and Trump.

I suggest you do the same. What a sell out ..

I’m now ashamed to be American. I’m ashamed of our flag and who waves it

[slkerr]

Is he even allowed to be talking to other countries before he is sworn in as president this is getting more confusing as it goes on if I'm in a coma please someone wake me up