Elon Musk says he hasn’t spoken to former President Donald Trump about becoming a member of a second Trump administration.
“There haven’t been any discussions of a job for me in a possible Trump Presidency,” the Tesla and SpaceX CEO mentioned in an X put up on Thursday.
The pair have mentioned methods for Musk to offer enter on border safety and financial insurance policies, although the title and particulars of Musk’s function stay unclear, The Journal reported on Wednesday, citing individuals accustomed to the matter.
“President Trump would be the solely voice of what function a person performs in his presidency,” Brian Hughes, a spokesperson for the Trump marketing campaign, informed the outlet.
Representatives for Musk and Trump did not instantly reply to requests for remark from BI despatched exterior common enterprise hours.
Becoming a member of a second Trump administration can be an about-turn for Musk, who mentioned he voted for President Joe Biden within the 2020 election.
Musk, nevertheless, has since soured on Biden. The mercurial billionaire turned crucial of Biden and the Democratic Occasion after Tesla was excluded from the president’s 2021 electric-vehicle summit.
Apart from chastising Biden for his dealing with of the Southern border disaster, Musk has additionally accused the Democrats of being “managed by the unions.“
However whereas Musk has mentioned that he is unlikely to vote for Biden, he has stopped in need of endorsing Trump.
“I’ll, within the ultimate stretch, endorse a candidate. However I do not know but,” Musk informed former CNN host Don Lemon in an interview that aired on March 18. “I need to make a thought of determination earlier than the election, and if I do resolve to endorse a candidate, then I might clarify precisely why.”
On Thursday, Trump was discovered responsible on 34 counts of falsifying enterprise data associated to a hush-money cost made to porn star Stormy Daniels.
The conviction makes Trump the primary former American president to change into a felon.
“Troubling certainly,” Musk mentioned of Trump’s predicament. “The American individuals as a complete ought to resolve who’s president.”
