Elon Musk has gone all in for Trump – here’s what’s at stake for the world’s richest man in the US election

By Thomas Cheney, Vice Chancellors Research Fellow, Northumbria Law School, Northumbria University, Newcastle

Elon Musk is supporting Donald Trump in his quest to regain the American presidency. He has committed millions of dollars to a pro-Trump “political action committee” (PAC) and has appeared alongside Donald Trump at some of his rallies.

While Musk has been increasingly vocal about politics over the years he has not previously gone “all in” for a candidate in this way. Let’s look at how the outcome of the US election could affect Musk.

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