Musk donates $259 million to become one of the largest donors in the history of the US presidential campaign

2024-12-07 08:37:37

According to CCTV News, on December 6th local time, reporters learned that according to documents released by the U.S. Federal Election Commission on the evening of the 5th, Elon Musk, CEO of Tesla and Space Exploration Technologies Corporation (SpaceX), donated US$259 million to groups supporting Trump's 2024 campaign, becoming one of the largest presidential campaign sponsors in U.S. history.

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