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Elon Musk declared Donald Trump the winner after taking an early lead over Kamala Harris.
“Game, set up, match,” the Tesla and SpaceX boss announced on his social network X, formerly known as Twitter, on Tuesday evening.
“America is a nation of builders,” he continued, “and soon, you will be free to build.”
Musk has donated more than $130 million to Trump and other Republicans during this election, though that represents a drop in the ocean compared to his estimated net worth of about $265 million — making him the richest person on Earth.
As a major government contractor, it would benefit greatly from a Trump presidency, and Trump himself has floated the idea of appointing Musk to a federal advisory committee.
The former president said, at Elon Musk’s suggestion, that he would form a “Government Efficiency Commission” that would conduct a “full financial and performance audit of the entire federal government.”
“I think we can [cut] “At least $2 trillion,” Musk said at Trump’s main rally at Madison Square Garden on October 27. He had previously said that a Trump victory would create “an opportunity to do a once-in-a-lifetime kind of deregulation and downsizing.” to the government.”
Six of seven swing states remained undecided Tuesday evening after Musk declared his position, but early voting data suggests there has been a significant shift toward Donald Trump across the country.
