Donald Trump's cosy bond with Elon Musk - cuddlefest to White House promise

Republican Party person Donald Trump has an state and adjacent person successful Tesla billionaire Elon Musk, who has publically supported him successful the 2024 US Presidential Election

Two of the astir arguable and almighty radical successful the world person formed a relationship - and it's a immense interest to many.

Donald Trump, who is on people to instrumentality arsenic American President, has had the enactment of Tesla billionaire and Twitter tycoon Elon Musk, who has made bizarre appearances astatine Republican rallies successful caller months. The duo person been pictured unneurotic smiling, embracing and chatting, and Musk has proudly worn a 'Make American Great Again' hat.

This morning, successful a speeech wherever helium hastily declared 'magnificent' triumph implicit Kamala Harris, Trump was asked astir Musk by his assemblage and told supporters: "We person a caller star; a prima is born. He's an astonishing guy. We were sitting unneurotic tonight. You know, helium spent 2 weeks successful Philadelphia, successful antithetic parts of Pennsylvania, campaigning."

Musk has been a cardinal fig successful the predetermination run and has besides been engaged sharing far-right conspiracy theories online. Pictures from Trump's Mar-a-Lago edifice successful Florida past nighttime amusement the entrepreneur-turned-politician locked successful speech with the divisive proprietor of X.

In an audio treatment connected X, Musk said: "I'm headed to Florida, to Mar-a-Lago, and I'll beryllium determination with President Trump, and JD [Vance], and a clump of different chill people. The Trump team, I deliberation they're bully people. But they're besides conscionable – they're fun. They've got a large consciousness of humour, they're making jokes. Trump really has a rather a spot of self-deprecating humour."

He has been an outspoken protagonist of Trump, appearing astatine a fig of rallies and adjacent promising to manus retired a $1million (£770,000) cheque each time to a registered elector successful cardinal plaything states successful the build-up to the predetermination - which Pennsylvania officials person accused of being an amerciable lottery scheme.

The world's richest antheral donated astir $75million (£58million) to American PAC, the governmental enactment committee helium founded to enactment Trump's campaign. He has besides been utilizing his X posts to propulsion voters to ballot for Trump. Last month, helium appeared astatine a Trump rally successful Butler, Pennsylvania and said: "As you tin see, I'm not conscionable MAGA, I'm acheronian MAGA."

Trump has pledged to marque America the "bitcoin and cryptocurrency superior of the world" and vowed to springiness Musk a relation successful the White House - contempt the Tesla proprietor saying successful 2022 that "it's clip for Trump to bent up his chapeau and sail into the sunset".

Before that, Musk wasn't overly political, contempt expressing enactment for Barack Obama successful 2008 and 2018 and making fiscal contributions to Hillary Clinton during her 2016 statesmanlike campaign, according to data from non-partisan probe radical Open Secrets.

If Musk was to articulation the White House administration, it would beryllium atrocious quality for the UK. In caller weeks, he's claimed the state is connected people for civilian warfare and launched a drawstring of attacks connected the British Government. It comes amid grim warnings that a 2nd Trump word could beryllium adjacent much unsafe than the archetypal and volition person a chilling interaction connected satellite security.