With an estimated fortune of 270.5 billion dollars, Elon Musk stands out as the richest person in the world, and also appears as one of the main donors in the presidential campaign of the candidate in the United States, Donald Trump. His contributions have been a driving force to boost the Republican candidate.
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According to reports presented this Tuesday to the Federal Election Commission, the CEO of Tesla and SpaceX donated enormous amounts of money to the Republican campaign, as did other billionaires like Miriam Adelson, as reported by CNN.
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The aforementioned media outlet states that Musk gave nearly 75 million dollars to a pro-Trump super PAC to help gather voters in favor of his election to the Presidency; while Adelson contributed 95 million dollars. These figures represent the contributions made between the months of July and September.
Elon Musk, Adelso, and mogul Richard Uihlein have donated an estimated 220 million dollars to the Republican party, a huge sum that strengthens the former president's candidacy against Democrat Kamala Harris.
The billionaire conservatives in the United States are focused on having Donald Trump occupy the Presidency, and they have not hesitated to spend immense amounts of money to make this a reality with the elections on November 5th.
Other important millionaire donors for Trump include Timothy Mellon, Linda McMahon, wife of wrestling magnate Vince McMahon; energy executive Warren Kelcy and ABC Supply founder Diane Hendricks; as well as oil billionaire Timothy Dunn, and conservative donors Richard and Elizabeth Uihlein.
"America PAC reported that it spent nearly $96 million on the presidential race, including just under $57 million on polling and field operations," says CNN, which noted that "Preserve America has spent almost all of what it raised in the third quarter and has incurred nearly $92 million in independent expenditures, mainly on ads."
How are Kamala Harris' donors feeling towards Elon Musk and other donors of Donald Trump?
Donors to presidential candidate Kamala Harris have also made significant donations. During the last quarter, the Vice President's campaign received $633 million, four times more than Trump in this period. However, her team is calling for more donations, emphasizing the need to persuade undecided voters.
“Until the end of August, according to their most recent reports, the group had reported raising over $200 million this election cycle, including receiving $19 million from billionaire former Mayor of New York Michael Bloomberg and $10 million from LinkedIn co-founder Reid Hoffman,” CNN reports.