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[text/observer network xiong chaoran] “elon musk’s financial support for republican causes is much broader and started much earlier than previously known.” the u.s. presidential election is increasingly changing as the time approaches, american billionaire musk has made it clear that he supports the return of republican presidential candidate and former president trump to the white house. the wall street journal exclusively disclosed on october 2, local time, that in fact, musk has long become a "big donor" to the republican party.

the report quoted people familiar with the matter as saying that musk had quietly communicated to groups associated with trump aide stephen miller. and tens of millions of dollars in donations from support groups of florida gov. ron desantis during his presidential campaign. the donations, which have never been reported before, show that musk appears to have undergone a rapid political shift this year, becoming a major funder of republican initiatives and candidates long before he formed a pro-trump super pac. strength.

this has also made musk one of the largest donors to conservative causes, and coupled with his large number of followers on social media, he has become one of the most influential figures in american politics. however, his record so far in backing winners has been "mixed" at best.

according to the report, people familiar with musk's related movements and his organization's tax filings revealed that in the fall of 2022, musk invested more than $50 million to fund an organization called "citizens for sanity" to carry out a series of advertising campaigns. the ads, mostly airing in battleground states in the days leading up to the midterm elections, attack democrats on contentious issues such as medical care for transgender children and illegal immigration.

sane citizen was incorporated in delaware in june 2022, and paid staff of the nonprofit legal organization led by miller are listed as directors and officers of the organization. miller was a senior aide to trump in the white house, an architect of the trump administration's restrictive immigration policies and a key supporter of his social conservative initiatives.

the following year, musk gave desantis another $10 million in support of his presidential bid, people familiar with the matter said. the money was channeled through a group called faithful & strong policies. . musk's support for desantis' presidential bid has not previously been reported.

more than half of the money ended up in the coffers of a pro-desantis super pac called never back down, the report said, while desantis was in january this year, he announced his withdrawal from the election and switched to supporting trump.

representatives for musk and desantis did not immediately respond to requests for comment on the reports.

the wall street journal mentioned in a paragraph of the report that for musk, transgender issues have deep personal meaning. musk's son underwent gender reassignment and came out (acknowledging his sexual minority identity) at the age of 16 and became his "daughter" vivian jenna wilson. musk defended that he signed the consent at the time. "being deceived."

"i was basically tricked into signing the (transition-related) documents for my oldest son." the son musk is referring to here is vivian jenna wilson, whose name was xavier wilson before his transition. she no longer uses her father's surname.

in april 2022, musk's "daughter" publicly severed ties with her, and a few months later, musk donated money to miller's organization. musk also mentioned in a recent interview that transitioning in the united states is called "gender confirmation care," which is a terrible euphemism. apparently, the incident prompted him to move closer to conservatives.

the wall street journal stated that musk became interested in supporting desantis to run for president in 2023. at that time, trump was not the first choice presidential candidate he supported. just two years ago, the two men were publicly trading insults.

however, since the spring of this year, musk's friendly relationship with trump has developed rapidly, and he has begun to fully support trump's campaign. in early march this year, the new york times quoted news that trump met with musk and some wealthy republican donors in palm beach, florida.

after trump was shot on july 13 this year, musk quickly posted on his social media platform x: "i fully support president trump and hope he recovers soon." on july 15, "the wall street journal" " also quoted people familiar with the matter as reporting that musk has planned to provide approximately $45 million per month to a newly established "america pac" starting in july to support trump's return to the white house.

although the donation was denied by musk, the two still interacted frequently. trump accepted an exclusive interview with musk on the x platform in august this year, during which musk expressed his willingness to play a role in trump's administration. to help rein in government spending, and trump responded — “i’d love it if musk was a part of it.”

on september 5, local time, trump stated that if he wins the november election this year, he will adopt billionaire musk’s suggestions and formally establish a “government efficiency commission” led by the latter. in response to this, musk posted a message on the x platform on the same day, saying that if given the opportunity, he looked forward to serving the united states, "without payment, title, or recognition."

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