GOP leaders think Tesla boss Elon Musk could help boost the presidential candidacy of Donald Trump, who is headed toward a rematch with Democrat Joe Biden.
Former President Donald Trump and his allies on the Republican National Committee want Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk to speak at the GOP convention in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, in July.
Trump is expected to be confirmed at the Milwaukee, Wisconsin, event as the Republican presidential nominee, setting up a rematch of his 2020 contest against Presidentand a group of wealthy Republican donors last weekend in Palm Beach, Florida. It is not clear if Trump or his allies have raised the idea with Musk.
That source said that new RNC chair Michael Whatley likely will be in favor of inviting Musk to speak, as will the new RNC co-chair Lara Trump, the former president's daughter-in-law.Musk did not reply to a request for comment.Musk, who has a reported net worth of nearly $200 billion, this week said that he does not plan toBut a person familiar with last weekend's Florida meeting said that some of Trump's advisors are hoping that Musk will start supporting the Republican candidate.
In July 2022, Trump blasted the mega-billionaire for saying he had never voted for a Republican before casting a ballot earlier that year for a GOP candidate in Texas for a special House election. And his social and political commentary in posts on X have become more bombastic since late 2022, when he led a leveraged buyout of the social media company, then known as Twitter.
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