US Election: Tesla CEO Elon Musk is supporting Republican candidate Donald Trump in the US presidential election. He is repeatedly repeating that if Donald Trump does not win the election, this will be America’s last election. Usually any businessman hesitates to support a party in such an election, but what is the reason that has forced Musk to openly support Trump?
Elon Musk, the owner of companies like SpaceX and Tesla, is continuously supporting Donald Trump in the US presidential election. Till now he used to post about Trump on social media but now Musk has openly come out in support of the Republican candidate. He was also seen in Trump’s rally in Pennsylvania on Saturday. This rally was being held at the same place where a deadly attack took place on Trump in July.
In this rally, Elon Musk was seen very excited, jumping around like a party worker. Perhaps this is the first time when such a big businessman has openly come out to campaign for a party. During this, Musk said that this is not an ordinary election but the most important presidential election of our lives. He said that if democracy and constitution are to be saved in America, then it is necessary for Trump to win. He is constantly emphasizing how important Trump’s victory is in this election.
What is the reason behind supporting Trump?
These statements and social media posts of Elon Musk are constantly raising questions that what is the reason that he is seen supporting one side in the elections. Is the reason behind this only the money that Elon Musk has donated to Trump’s party or is there any other reason?
Actually, there are many reasons behind Elon Musk’s decision to support Trump. The first reason is that he has given a huge amount of funding to the Republican Party. It is said that long before this matter came into the public domain, Musk has been donating millions of rupees to organizations associated with the Republican Party. According to a report, in early 2022, Musk had given a fund of $ 60 million to an organization associated with Trump’s advisor Stephen Miller.
After this, at the end of 2022, Elon Musk donated $50 million to an organization called Citizens for Sanity, which criticizes the Democratic Party on the issue of transgender-children and illegal immigrants in the swing states of America (which are neither Democrat supporters nor Republicans). It is said that this amount is much less than the total amount that Elon Musk has given to help the Republican Party in the past years. Obviously, if Trump wins, Elon Musk will get a government in America that will support and cooperate with him.
Biden-Harris administration increased trouble
On the other hand, the Biden and Harris administration have tried to put a lot of restrictions on tech companies during their tenure. According to a report by The New York Times, the Biden-Harris administration has put the most pressure on tech companies to work for the benefit of the public. Former director of Biden’s National Economy Council, Brian Dees, says that big companies are not inherently bad, but due to their monopoly in the market, they start increasing the prices of things in an abnormal way. Due to this, the consumer does not have many options and also prevents inventions arising from healthy competition.
It is easy to influence the policies of the Trump government
In the last 3 years, the US Federal Trade Commission and Department of Justice have taken action against companies like Facebook, Google, Amazon and Apple accusing them of suppressing healthy competition and harming consumers. Therefore, Kamala Harris’s victory may further increase the troubles of these tech companies. In the Harris administration, their arbitrariness will be reduced and the government’s interference will be more.
According to a report by the New York Times, it may be easier for the owners of these big tech companies to get their point across to Donald Trump than Kamala Harris. Billionaire businessmen can easily influence the policies of Trump’s government.
Musk will get a big position in Trump government
Apart from this, Donald Trump has already made it clear during his election campaign that if he becomes the President again, he will give Elon Musk the role of a minister or an important advisor in his government. It is believed that Musk can play an important role in determining the policies of the Trump government. At the same time, Elon Musk also accepted Trump’s offer and wrote on X that he is ready to work on this post. If he will be involved in the policy making process of the government, then it will be easy for him to expand the scope of his business in the whole world including America.
