<p>Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump discussed his relationship with Tesla and SpaceX founder Elon Musk on Thursday, saying that the two have a &#8220;very good&#8221; connection.</p>
<p>Musk &#8220;fully&#8221; endorsed Trump shortly after a would-be assassin hit the former president in the right ear at his Butler County, Pennsylvania, rally on July 13.</p>
<p>&#8220;Elon and I have a very good relationship. As you know, he endorsed me very strongly,&#8221; Trump said during an interview with &#8220;Fox &amp; Friends&#8221; on Thursday morning. &#8220;Somebody told me he was going to give me $45 million a month. I said that sounds like a lot, and even for Elon, that&#8217;s a lot. &#8230; There was a reporter that wrote it, but he never told me he was giving me $45 million, but he did say, &#8216;I strongly endorse you,&#8217; despite the fact that I&#8217;m against the electric car mandate.”</p>
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<p dir="ltr" lang="en">Donald Trump responded to questions about his relationship with Elon Musk and addressed the WSJ hoax claiming that Musk was giving him $45 million a month:</p>
<p>“Elon and I have a very good relationship. He endorsed me very strongly.</p>
<p>Somebody told me he was going to give me $45… <a href="https://t.co/PMmzQXJTau">pic.twitter.com/PMmzQXJTau</a></p>
<p>— Ian Miles Cheong (@stillgray) <a href="https://twitter.com/stillgray/status/1816483245128589344?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 25, 2024</a></p></blockquote>
<p>After Trump said at the Republican National Convention that he would &#8220;end the electric vehicle mandate on day one,&#8221; Musk <a href="https://x.com/teslaownersSV/status/1814163685021229436?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1814165239602012523%7Ctwgr%5Eddbdadd00b74d86c63c98afc766adedfc5bf6638%7Ctwcon%5Es2_&amp;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.teslarati.com%2Felon-musk-trump-promise-end-ev-mandate-day-one%2F" target="_blank" rel="noopener">wrote</a> on his social media platform X, &#8220;A surprising number of people think that Tesla survives on subsidies. That is true of our competitors, but not of Tesla.&#8221; Asked to comment specifically on Trump&#8217;s proposal to end EV mandates, Musk <a href="https://x.com/elonmusk/status/1814664480044748999?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1814664480044748999%7Ctwgr%5Eddbdadd00b74d86c63c98afc766adedfc5bf6638%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&amp;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.teslarati.com%2Felon-musk-trump-promise-end-ev-mandate-day-one%2F" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a>, &#8220;It will be fine.&#8221;</p>
<p>The Wall Street Journal reported earlier this week that Musk was planning on donating $45 million a month to help elect Trump, but Musk <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/musk-denies-that-hes-donating-45m-per-month-to-elect-trump-says-hes-making-donations-at-a-much-lower-level" target="_blank" rel="noopener">denied</a> that report during a <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/episode/dr-peterson-x-elon-musk" target="_blank" rel="noopener">DailyWire+ interview</a> on Monday with psychologist Dr. Jordan B. Peterson.</p>
<p>“What’s been reported in the media is simply not true. I’m not donating $45 million a month to Trump,” Musk told Peterson. “What I have done is created a PAC [political action committee] or Super PAC … the America PAC.”</p>
<p>In a follow-up tweet on Tuesday, Musk <a href="https://x.com/elonmusk/status/1815911188024225967">wrote</a>, “I am making some donations to America PAC, but at a much lower level and the key values of the PAC are supporting a meritocracy &amp; individual freedom. Republicans are mostly, but not entirely, on the side of merit &amp; freedom.”</p>
<p>Musk, who supported Democratic candidates Hillary Clinton in 2016 and Joe Biden in 2020, has become increasingly critical of the Left and the Democratic Party.</p>
<p>&#8220;Years ago, I think probably the Democratic Party was the party of meritocracy and of personal freedom,&#8221; Musk <a href="https://x.com/VigilantFox/status/1815768540097495385" target="_blank" rel="noopener">told</a> Peterson. &#8220;They used to be the free speech party, and these days, they seem to be the censorship party under the guise of hate speech. &#8230; The Democrats are also promoting DEI, which is really just another form of racism and sexism.”</p>

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