Elon Musk says he's not donating money to Trump or Biden campaigns

[Calista241]

Source: Axios

Elon Musk announced Wednesday that he has no intention of donating money to either President Biden or former President Trump's presidential campaigns.

Why it matters: The statement is by no means definitive since, as tweeters immediately pointed out, he could still give to a super PAC or another fund that benefits a candidate.

Musk's statement came after he allegedly met with Trump in Florida over the weekend, as he reportedly seeks a cash infusion for his campaign, the New York Times reported.

What they're saying: "Just to be super clear, I am not donating money to either candidate for US President," Musk wrote on X Wednesday.

Read more: https://www.axios.com/2024/03/06/elon-musk-donating-trump-biden-campaign

[JohnSJ]

1. If true it is a smart decision

[dobleremolque]

9. Any response to anything Elon Musk says needs

to be prefaced with "If true, ....."

[JohnSJ]

20. Without a doubt. He is not an honest person.

[erronis]

28. That was my first thought. With musk it's a flat-out lie. With trump/repuglicons its projection.

Telling the truth is not in their genes (or jeans I guess.)

[BlueKota]

2. He didn't addresses whether he will help

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Donny pay for his legal bills independent of the campaign though. I don't trust either of those jerks.

[getagrip_already]

5. Yeah. I noticed that...

Giving him a loan to pay a bond isn't a campaign contribution exactly.

Except it is an in kind donation.

I'm sure his lawyers will work it out.

[Irish_Dem]

10. Exactly, a loan is not a donation.

He can still loan Trump money and then forgive the loan.

[Kid Berwyn]

12. Sounds exactly like what would be their plan.

“Ah. All done. Now think of it, Donalt, as a gift.”

[Irish_Dem]

14. Oh no, Musk cannot call it a gift.

He will insist on calling it a loan.

That way he owns Trump. And can call the shots.

[Kid Berwyn]

15. Elon remembers Johannes Schluetter the Great

Guy knows controls.

[Irish_Dem]

16. Hilarious.

In part true.
Bush was drunk the entire time he was POTUS.
Somebody else made the decisions.

[WA-03 Democrat]

3. Elon always tells the truth n/t

[bluestarone]

4. Gotta remember the RETHUG code words

YES means NO and NO means YES.

[stopdiggin]

6. but didn't prevent him from having a (well publicized) meeting

just to uphold his status as attention whore. But no doubt the meeting was for the purpose of erudite and stimulating conversation. Eh?
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[Irish_Dem]

11. Yep. Musk flies all the way to MAL to say no I am not giving you any money.

Sure.

[Bobstandard]

7. Anybody believe this?

Anybody? Beuller?

[groundloop]

8. In more breaking news, Groundloop won't be donating to the Trump campaign.

Musk had to make an announcement about this?!?!?! In other words "HEY, LOOK AT ME!"

[Skittles]

37. exactly what I thought

yup

[Permanut]

13. And I want to make it super clear that I am the Queen of England.

[Hermit-The-Prog]

25. I want Your Majesty to know that I never believed those silly rumors of your death.

[Permanut]

29. Your loyalty will be rewarded.

[Oopsie Daisy]

17. Meaningless. Self-serving.

Perhaps technically true, but still false.

[Crowman2009]

18. Doesn't mention the fact that the real reason he won't donate was that he lost a shit-ton of money on X and Tesla.

[uncle ray]

19. a little algorithim tweak is worth millions.

[DoBW]

21. "nudge nudge, wink wink"

my buddy loves Starlink, or just ignore these accounts will ya?

[Aussie105]

22. So billionaire Trump asks billionaire Elon for money?

And Elmo said 'no'?

Are they both broke?

More to this than meets the eye!

[DoBW]

34. Agreed

[dlk]

23. Watch what he does, not what he says

Words to live by.

[Nululu]

24. Muskrat's company will donate

He can donate more through his company.

Nobody believes that bag of wind.

[Mike Nelson]

26. He's so transparent...

... love how he added, "...or Biden." We knew that, of course.

[SWBTATTReg]

27. After muskrat bought X (Twitter), and spent an ungodly amount of money for X (over 40 billion dollars, give or take),

muskrat seems to run into problems. He's still finetuning the purchase, and he's lost a substantial amount of his investment in X.

It doesn't help when he's so off the wall either.

[lark]

30. Any statement from the Loon is highly suspect and probably a big nothing burger.

He supports Putin.

[orangecrush]

31. Uh huh

[dalton99a]

32. Words of a liar

[Rebl2]

33. Good

but don’t I don’t believe him.

[Bengus81]

35. Nope...just donate to a PAC that GIVES it to Trump. Problem solved

Right Eloon??

[diane in sf]

36. He'll just run a bunch of right wing and Russian disinformation on Xitter instead.