Confirming the exchanges, Donald Trump's advisers said his discussion with Elon Musk also included politics.
Last year, Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump reportedly offered tech billionaire and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk to buy his social media platform Truth Social last summer; However, the agreement was not closed, according to a Washington Post report on Tuesday.
The latest report on the exchanges of both businessmen revealed that they have been communicating more than previously known.
Confirming the exchanges, Donald Trump's advisers said their discussion also included politics in addition to business.
last week, a New York Times The report revealed that Donald Trump and Elon Musk met privately, underscoring the monetary pressure to fund the former president's White House bid compared to Democrats.
A considerable sum of money is being spent on the 77-year-old's legal problems.
Confirming his meeting with the CEO of X, formerly called Twitter, Trump noted that he was unsure whether the 52-year-old billionaire would financially support his re-election.
“I don't know. I've been friendly with him over the years,” Trump said. CNBC's SquawkBox.
The criminally indicted former president said last week: “I helped him; when I was president, I helped him. I liked him. Obviously we have opposing views on a minor issue called electric cars. I'm all for electric cars, but “You also have to have all the alternatives.”
As discussions grew about Musk investing money in Trump's race for the White House, the Tesla CEO wrote on X that he “will not be donating money to any of the candidates for President of the United States.”
Musk, who is ambitious about putting humans on Mars, has been raising his voice in favor of conservative ideology on X. He wrote on his social media platform last week: “Importing voters and creating a national security threat by part of uninvestigated illegal immigrants.
While responding to the The Washington Post When asked about the Truth Social and X merger and other conversations, Musk said he had “never been to Mar-a-Lago,” Trump's Florida residence, Palm Beach.
Trump Media spokesperson Shannon Devine said in a statement: “We heard that Trump and Musk were actually discussing buying the Washington Post, but decided it was worthless.”
According to the Post report, one of the reasons the businessman-turned-politician didn't post on X is to maintain the financial value of his own Truth Social platform.
Recently, he has been promoting it and encouraging others to join. “It's hot,” she says, and often surveys Mar-a-Lago visitors about whether they have an account, according to the report.
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Space company owner Musk said in 2022 that Truth Social had a “terrible name” and that it was “time for Trump to hang up his hat.” [and] sail into the sunset.”
In response, Trump posted a photo of the two men in the Oval Office with a caption: “When Musk visited the White House asking me for help on all his many subsidized projects… he could have said 'get on your knees and beg.'” and he would have. made.”
He added that “Musk should focus on getting out of the Twitter mess,” calling the site “useless.”
