Less than a week after the election results were announced, former President Donald Trump, along with his billionaire supporters, called Elon Musk is He's already doing what he promised: playing an active role in shaping the government under a second Trump administration.
During the campaign, Musk emerged as one of Trump's biggest supporters and his most ardent advocate in Silicon Valley. His political action committee, of which he was the primary funder, spent $200 million to help Trump campaignBut he also campaigned to garner support in the key battleground state of Pennsylvania. Appearance with Trump at a rallyStumped for Trump on Joe Rogan's popular podcast, hosted a livestream on X (which he owns), and used his platform and the power of his own celebrity to push the campaign's talking points and spread the word Claiming that Democrats would allow unauthorized immigrants to vote.
In his first administration, Trump made governance a family business by bringing his daughter Ivanka and son-in-law Jared Kushner into key positions. musk, According to Trump's granddaughter KaiHas now apparently reached “uncle” status, appearing in a family photo (and) apparently refusing to goIt seems likely that Musk will be heavily involved in whatever comes next. And his posts on X, as well as his early post-election conversations with Trump, make clear what that could look like.
Musk, who apparently joined Trump's call with the Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, Serbia's President Aleksandar VucicAnd Turkish President Recep Tayyip ErdoğanLooks ready for some kind of role in administration. In September, Trump said he would create a Government Efficiency Commission With Musk – whose business empire benefits largely from government contracts and subsidies – at the top. On Sunday, Musk reshared a post Envisioning a Trump administration that focuses on “deregulation (defunding the SEC, FTC and others), cutting government spending (making room for the private sector), tax cuts, and tech-enabled innovation,” adding the comment He said, “Great.” musk also called “Making sure that insanely dedicated small-government revolutionaries join this administration!”
And already, Musk is starting to consider staffing decisions for the second Trump administration and beyondOn Sunday morning, Musk released a poll asking users who should be the new Senate majority leader to succeed the outgoing minority leader, Senator Mitch McConnell of Kentucky. visible to users vote heavily For MAGA favorite Florida senator Rick ScottWhen Trump announced that New York Congresswoman Elise Stefanik would be his choice for UN ambassador, Musk accepted x to weightSaying, “Alice is amazing, but losing her from the House may be very difficult, at least for now.” Reporting from the Financial Times It was revealed that Musk is looking to install his loyalists and supporters in the government, especially people like Steve Davis, CEO of The Boring Company, founded by Musk, and has reportedly asked Trump to appoint SpaceX staff to the Defense Department,
In another post, which includes video of National Public Radio CEO Katherine Maher from a TED Talk she gave in 2021, three years before she took over the organization, Kasturi asks“Should your tax dollars really be paying for an organization run by people who think the truth is 'awesome'?”. In a post shared over the weekend, Musk described the education department “Not exactly great value for money.” (Project 2025, a road map created by the Heritage Foundation for a second Trump administration, calls for eliminating the Department of Education). Overall, Musk has advocated $2 trillion in spending cuts – more than the federal government's total spending on all discretionary outlays, including defense, in fiscal year 2023 According To the Congressional Budget Office.