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[Global Times reporter Liu Boyang] "Since spring, Musk has quietly spent an hour every Friday on his new career: national politics." On August 12, the Wall Street Journal broke the news about the details of American entrepreneur Musk's support for Trump, saying that Musk's team proposed to mobilize 800,000 swing state voters to vote for Trump and provide about US$160 million (about RMB 1.15 billion) in financial support.

Musk and Trump's accounts on social media, data picture, from foreign media

According to reports, at weekly meetings, consultants and suppliers of the Super PAC reported to Musk on their latest progress, with the goal of mobilizing 800,000 people in swing states to vote for Trump. According to people familiar with the matter, they proposed a budget of about $160 million (about 1.15 billion yuan) to complete this task, most of which will come from Musk himself, and they also talked about forming a "troop" of more than 6,000 canvassers and other staff.

The Wall Street Journal commented that the establishment of the America PAC was Musk's first foray into "presidential politics," and it was not as groundbreaking as sending humans to Mars or implanting microchips in the brain. But the billionaire's full support for Trump and the Republican Party ignited the enthusiasm of other well-known donors. He also received Trump's thanks.

According to previous reports, on July 13, local time, when Trump was holding a campaign rally in Pennsylvania, a shooting occurred at the scene and Trump was escorted away by Secret Service personnel. Musk later posted on social media that he fully supports Trump. On July 20, Republican presidential candidate Trump mentioned American entrepreneur Elon Musk during a speech at a campaign rally in Michigan, saying that he "has always maintained a good relationship with Musk."

According to foreign media reports, Musk and Trump had a live conversation on the social platform X on August 12. The live broadcast was postponed due to a "large-scale DDoS attack" on the platform. The British "Guardian" said that the conversation took place after being postponed for more than 40 minutes.