Elon Musk Says Report Of $45 Million Monthly Donation To Pro-Trump Super PAC Was „Made Up Fiction By WSJ”
Elon Musk was spotted Wednesday in the US Capitol Building ahead of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s speech to lawmakers as the war in Gaza continues into its ninth month.
A reporter asked Musk, „Are you still going to donate to Trump? Are you still donating $45 million?”
Musk replied, „At no point did I say that I was donating $45 million a month for Trump. That was a fiction made up by the Wall Street Journal.”
Footage of the interaction between the reporter and Musk was posted on X by Collin Rugg.
NEW: Elon Musk blasts the Wall Street Journal, says he never said he was donating $45 million a month to Donald Trump.
Reporter: “Are you still gonna donate to Trump? Are you still donating $45 million?”
Musk: “At no point did I say that I was donating $45 million a month for… pic.twitter.com/6PCTwiJCm7
— Collin Rugg (@CollinRugg) July 24, 2024
On July 16, The Wall Street Journal reported that „people familiar with the matter” said Musk committed $45 million monthly to a new super political-action committee supporting the former president.
Earlier this week, in an interview with Jordan Peterson, the billionaire said, „What’s been reported in the media is simply not true. I am not donating $45 million a month to Trump.”
Elon Musk confirms that he created the America PAC.
But he says that the idea that he is not putting $45 million a month into the group.
“What’s been reported in the media is simply not true. I am not donating $45 million a month to Trump.”pic.twitter.com/V8we3Iqbwb
— Teddy Schleifer (@teddyschleifer) July 22, 2024
Musk has often criticized mainstream corporate media for inaccurate reporting.
🚨 Elon Musk gets a question from a Business Insider ‘Reporter’ ie. Activist
Before ‘reporter’ could finish speaking Elon launches a NUKE@elonmusk: “I don’t thing Business Insider is a real publication. Next question”
Room ERUPTS 👏🏼
How you do it…pic.twitter.com/Tq5fjyCxKf
— Benny Johnson (@bennyjohnson) May 23, 2024
He has called out Reuters and Business Insider.
Tyler Durden
Wed, 07/24/2024 – 19:20