Billionaire Elon Musk, who recently "fully" rooted for
Trump
for the presidency, seemingly denied on Tuesday reports of pouring $45 million a month into a pro-Donald Trump
political group
, a move that would flood the Republican nominee’s reelection campaign with cash through the race. Suggesting that the report was fake, the Tesla CEO posted a picture of two gnus (wildebeest) with human legs on X, captioned "fake gnus."
The statement from the billionaire comes after The Wall Street Journal reported that Musk plans to give $45 million a month to a new super political-action committee supporting Trump's presidential run.
The committee raised $8.8 million in the second quarter, spent $7.8 million, and started July with a little less than $1 million cash on hand, the Wall Street Journal said.
Though the billionaire denied any funding, he "fully" endorsed Trump for the presidency following the assassination attempt on the 81-year-old. He even went on to say, "the last time we had a candidate this tough was Theodore Roosevelt." Musk also drew parallels to what he claimed were two assassination attempts on his own life within the last eight months.
Musk, who leads the Bloomberg Billionaires Index with a net worth of $263.6 billion, is now extending his influence in politics, going back on his previous claim that he did not intend to make donations to the campaigns of Trump or US President Joe Biden. However, speculations are rife about the Tesla CEO getting close to Trump.
Meanwhile, Meta recently announced it was lifting some restrictions that had applied to former US President Donald Trump's Facebook and Instagram accounts. The social media company suspended Trump's accounts indefinitely after he praised those who stormed the US Capitol on January 6, 2021.
In early 2023, they reinstated his accounts but announced they would monitor his posts for violations, which could lead to suspensions lasting from one month to two years.
"In assessing our responsibility to allow political expression, we believe that the American people should be able to hear from the nominees for president on the same basis," Meta said.
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