{"id":96875,"date":"2024-07-25T10:26:13","date_gmt":"2024-07-25T08:26:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/elon-musk-has-rejected-claims-he-promised-to-donate-45m-monthly-for-trumps-campaign"},"modified":"2024-07-25T12:36:47","modified_gmt":"2024-07-25T10:36:47","slug":"elon-musk-has-rejected-claims-he-promised-to-donate-45m-monthly-for-trumps-campaign","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.cc\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/elon-musk-has-rejected-claims-he-promised-to-donate-45m-monthly-for-trumps-campaign","title":{"rendered":"Elon Musk has rejected claims he promised to donate $45m monthly for Trump\u2019s campaign"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Zimbabwe. <\/strong><\/span>Elon Musk has rejected claims he promised to donate $45m monthly for Trump\u2019s campaign.<\/p>\n<p>The recital comes despite creating a new super political action committee (PAC) to aid the Republican candidate.<\/p>\n<p>In an interview hosted on his platform, X, Musk clarified that media reports about his financial commitment were inaccurate.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat\u2019s been reported in the media is simply not true. I am not donating $45 million a month to Trump,\u201d Musk stated.<\/p>\n<p>The Wall Street Journal first reported the $45 million figure, citing sources \u201cfamiliar with the matter.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Musk did confirm the establishment of the America PAC, a super PAC designed to support Trump through independent expenditures like ads and operational costs.<\/p>\n<p>Unlike traditional PACs, super PACs can raise unlimited funds but do not directly donate to campaigns.<\/p>\n<p>Among the donors to America PAC are several tech industry leaders, including Ken Howery, Antonio Gracias, Sequoia Capital\u2019s Shuan Maguire, and the Winklevoss twins.<\/p>\n<p>The PAC is also led by Joe Lonsdale, a venture capitalist and co-founder of Palantir, who is known to be close to Musk.<\/p>\n<p>Musk emphasized that America PAC is intended to be nonpartisan and not aligned with the \u201cMAGA\u201d movement. He prefers the slogan \u201cMake America Greater,\u201d reflecting his belief in core American values.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t prescribe to [a] cult of personality,\u201d Musk said. He added that Trump demonstrated \u201cgreat courage\u201d after being shot by an attempted assassin on July 13, and that strength helps intimidate America\u2019s enemies.<\/p>\n<p>Musk explaining why he no longer identifies with the Democratic party said that his values, such as meritocracy and minimal government intervention, are better represented by the Republican Party.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About Zimbabwe Follow Africa-Press<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Zimbabwe. Elon Musk has rejected claims he promised to donate $45m monthly for Trump\u2019s campaign. The recital comes despite creating a new super political action committee (PAC) to aid the Republican candidate. In an interview hosted on his platform, X, Musk clarified that media reports about his financial commitment were inaccurate. \u201cWhat\u2019s been [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":96874,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,9],"tags":[19],"class_list":{"0":"post-96875","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-all-news","8":"category-miscellaneous","9":"tag-zimbabwe"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v24.1 (Yoast SEO v24.1) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Elon Musk has rejected claims he promised to donate $45m monthly for Trump\u2019s campaign - zimbabwe<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Elon Musk has rejected claims he promised to donate $45m monthly for Trump\u2019s campaign. 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