- The private plane of American billionaire Donald Trump, Elon Musk, has landed in Florida.
- He will reportedly spend election night with Donald Trump at Mar-a-Lago.
- Tesla CEO spent more than $130 million supporting Trump and the Republican Party.
Elon Musk’s private plane has landed in Florida, where the billionaire will reportedly watch the election results with Donald Trump at Mar-a-Lago.
After flying from Austin to Cameron County, Texas — where SpaceX is located and Musk said he voted — earlier this afternoon, Musk’s private plane landed in West Palm Beach, according to the plane tracking service. gitsby.
The New York Times, citing three sources familiar with Musk’s agenda, I mentioned On Tuesday, Musk planned to spend Election Night with Trump, who is hosting a private dinner for donors at his club. Trump is next expected to attend a larger event at the Palm Beach Convention Center.
Representatives for the Musk and Trump campaigns did not respond to requests for confirmation from Business Insider.
Earlier in the day, Musk appeared to take steps to fly incognito when his private jet began using a federal program that allows private jet owners to cover their flights with a temporary aircraft registration number.
Musk first signed up for the free ICAO Private Aircraft Title program, also known as PIA, through the Federal Aviation Administration in 2022. He stopped using the program later that year and briefly used the program again in June 2024 .
It was Jack Sweeney, the college student who gained fame for tracking Musk’s planes. First to point Musk’s new PIA on Tuesday.
Sweeney told Business Insider that Musk’s planes were easy to identify because they kept broadcasting their call sign. Plane spotters like Sweeney can often dodge celebrities’ efforts to fly stealth by using context clues, such as social media posts and airports frequented by planes.
Campaign filings showed that Musk endorsed Trump in July and has since pumped more than $130 million into the election to support the former president and the Republican Party.
Most of that money — roughly $119 million — went to Musk’s America PAC, a pro-Trump PAC that spent most of its money on canvassing efforts and digital ads. The political action committee also pledged to give $1 million a day to a registered voter who signed a petition in support of free speech and the right to bear arms.
Musk, who has been a vocal supporter of Trump on his X platform, has appeared on the campaign trail, holding town hall events for the former president and speaking at Trump rallies in Pennsylvania and New York City.
Tesla and SpaceX, which Musk runs, rely on favorable federal regulations, subsidies, and government contracts. Trump is expected to cut corporate taxes, and his tax plan is likely to favor the wealthy.
Trump also suggested he would give Musk an advisory role in the administration, putting him in charge of “managing government efficiency.”