“As for political expenses, I intend to do much less in the future,” said Elon Musk in an interview with Bloomberg at the Qataro Economic Forum.
“I think I did enough,” said Musk. “Well, if in the future I see the reason to spend money on politics, I will do it. I now see no reason.”
After spending over $ 290 million Trump in the presidential campaign of Musk drew his attention to the race to the Supreme Court in Wisconsin, spending over $ 20 million. to the judicial race in which the candidate preferred by him finally lost. Earlier he undertook to invest $ 100 million. CNN and other media reported in political groups controlled by Trump.
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Muska's alliance with Donald Trump hurt Tesla?
But after a few months of work as the main adviser to the US President and the management of the Department of Government Efficiency (Doge), Musk withdrew from full -time government work, again focusing time on his companies, including Tesla, which is struggling with problems partly because of Musk's alliance with the Trump administration.
But Musk still keeps in touch with Washington. He told reporters at the beginning of this month that he would spend one to two days a week on Doge matters and would “fall” into Washington.
Elon Musk and the conflict of interest
Musk rejected the view that there is an obvious conflict of interest between his work in the government and the management of companies that have billions of dollars in business with the same government.
“I do not have a formal power and that's it. The president can decide whether to accept my advice or not, and it works,” said Musk.
Source: Bloomberg, CNN
