Trump mulls ‘advisory role for Musk’ if he wins White House

Donald Trump is considering tapping billionaire Elon Musk as a policy adviser if the Republican presidential candidate reclaims the White House in November’s election, the Wall Street Journal reported on Wednesday (Thursday AEST), citing people familiar with the talks.

The two have discussed ways for Mr Musk, who runs the social media platform X as well as SpaceX and Tesla, to have “formal input and influence” over economic and border security policies, according to the WSJ.

Mr Musk also informed Mr Trump about his ongoing influence campaign aimed at convincing powerful US business leaders not to support Democratic President Joe Biden, who beat Mr Trump in the 2020 election and is seeking a second term.

Those talks, which included billionaire investor Nelson Peltz, also included discussions about funding a “data-driven project to prevent voter fraud,” the outlet said, adding no further details were known.

https://www.afr.com/world/north-america/trump-mulls-advisory-role-for-musk-if-he-wins-white-house-20240530-p5jhvl

This could bring about conniptions for the Elon Musk haters here.

He also told CNN to go pound sand regarding their plan to suffocate the presidential debate from every channel other than their own.    

"The public has a right to see presidential debates however they would like" he said.