According to The Guardian, last week it was reported that Elon Musk, a well-known American entrepreneur, planned to donate $45 million a month to an organization called the American Political Action Committee to help Trump win the election. Musk denied this on the 23rd, saying that he "did not donate $45 million a month to Trump", but he did create an "American Political Action Committee" and donated to it, but "the amount was much lower."
According to reports, Musk was interviewed on a show on the 23rd and responded to the claim that he "donated $45 million a month to Trump", saying that the claim was "not true at all". He said, "I don't donate $45 million a month to Trump." "Now what I did is I created a political action committee, or a super political action committee, or whatever you want to call it," Musk said, "It's called the 'American Political Action Committee'."
The Guardian said that a super PAC is an independent political organization to which donors can make unlimited donations, while donations to individuals or non-super PACs are capped. The American Political Action Committee is a super PAC. The website of Fox Business News reported that Musk said the American Political Action Committee will support Trump's presidential campaign.
The report said that after the interview, Musk responded to the relevant interview clip on the social media platform X, saying "yes", and said in another post quoting the report, "yes, this is ridiculous. I donated to the 'American Political Action Committee', but the amount was much lower."
The Guardian said Musk did not disclose how much money he planned to donate to the American Political Action Committee. In addition, the report quoted the New York Times as saying that the American Political Action Committee has received support from some of Musk's friends and allies in the technology industry.
Earlier, the US media revealed that "Musk plans to donate about $45 million per month to organizations that help Trump's campaign." According to the Wall Street Journal on the 16th, people familiar with the matter revealed that Musk said he plans to donate about $45 million per month to a political action committee that supports Trump's presidential campaign to help Trump enter the White House. The Wall Street Journal also said that the committee is called the "American Political Action Committee." According to Sky News on the 16th, the Wall Street Journal shared a link to this report on the social platform X on the 16th. Musk later posted a picture in the comment area with the caption "fake wildebeest." In response, Sky News said that Musk "seemed to deny" the above report of the Wall Street Journal.
According to previous reports from multiple foreign media, former US President Trump mentioned American entrepreneur Elon Musk during a speech at a campaign rally in Michigan on the 20th local time, saying that he "has always maintained a good relationship with Musk." Fox News reported that Trump told the people at the rally, "You know Elon, I like Elon Musk," and "Elon supported me the other day, he's great."