Elon Musk gave another $56 million to elect Donald Trump and other Republicans in the final weeks of the 2024 election, bringing to at least $132 million the amount spent by the world’s richest person to elevate his allies to the White House and Congress, federal filings show.
The donations — revealed in disclosures with the Federal Election Commission Thursday — show that the Tesla Inc. and SpaceX chief executive officer has poured money into the Washington trifecta: funding Trump’s White House bid, along with supporting House and Senate Republicans.
Musk, who had only given modest political donations until the 2024 election cycle, funneled $43.6 million in the first half of October into America PAC, the group he founded, bringing his total for the year to $118.6 million. He also spent millions more spreading money around the political system which helps him build a network of allies.
This makes me want to do math.
$132M is just under 0.05% (one-half of one-tenth of one percent) of $269.8B.
If you were a millionaire, having a net worth of one million dollars, this would be like making a $500.00 donation. Net worth of TEN million dollars? That’s a whopping $5000.00 contribution.
What about the math where Elmo spends this money on ad-buys for X?
Billionaires never simply spend money.
OK.
So I should give Kamala my salary x 0.0005?
Huh, I’ve done more already, fElon’s a putz.
Not salary, net worth.
Not a huge difference, I think I’m still ahead of him.
Huge difference in tax liability, for sure.