Trump comment about Elon Musk and 'computers' sparks wild election conspiracy theory

One comment Donald Trump made at his triumph rally has sparked chaotic conspiracy theories that Elon Musk rigged the predetermination to unafraid a Republican triumph successful Pennsylvania.

Trump told raucous crowds that the billionaire tech wiz 'knows computers amended than anybody' arsenic helium was welcoming Musk to his signifier connected Sunday afternoon.

'He knows those computers amended than anybody. All those computers. Those vote-counting computers. And we ended up winning Pennsylvania similar successful a landslide,' Trump said.

'He journeyed to pennsylvania wherever helium spent a period and a fractional campaigning for maine successful Pennsylvania and he's a fashionable guy. He was precise effective... Thank you to Elon.'

Polling had suggested the swing state could spell Kamala Harris' mode connected predetermination night, but ultimately Trump won convincingly, and secured each different plaything state.

Now, Trump's comments are fueling conspiracies that Musk helped to rig the authorities utilizing his machine know-how.

'Sounds similar a confession that Elon Musk changed ballot totals to manus him the election,' 1 idiosyncratic said.

Another claimed: 'Sounds similar musk rigged the voting!'

'Just can't assistance bragging astir his crimes.' 

But Trump's supporters laughed disconnected the controversy, with 1 responding that it is 'so comic to ticker the near crook into conspiracy theorists.'

Trump famously claimed helium lost the 2020 predetermination arsenic a effect of elector fraud and amerciable rigging - a assertion wide mocked by Democrats and lawmakers.

Now, MAGA supporters consciousness vindicated seeing Democrat voters utilize a akin enactment against Trump.

'You dependable similar an predetermination denier,' 1 idiosyncratic said successful effect to the caller conspiracy theory.

Musk and Trump embraced 1 different connected signifier at the rally connected Sunday, celebrating the monumental moment.

The billionaire came connected signifier to tout the changes helium plans to marque to the national authorities arsenic the co-head of the Department of Government Efficiency with X Æ A-12 (pronounced ex-ash-ay–twelve), four, by his side.

'Little X conscionable followed maine connected signifier here,' the 53-year-old Tesla laminitis explained to the adoring crowd.

'He's a precise enthusiastic protagonist arsenic you tin see.' Musk past cheered, raising his arms by his broadside arsenic X stared retired astatine the crowd.

During his little remarks, Musk promised to shingle up the national bureaucracy with his caller DOGE bureau saying 'we volition bash large things here.'

'This triumph is the commencement really,' helium vowed.

Musk said the extremity of the caller bureau is to 'Make America beardown for centuries' and to 'Make America Great Again.'

The SpaceX CEO has antecedently acceptable an ambitious extremity of cutting national spending by $2 trillion successful the coming years from a national fund that hovers astatine astir $6.8 trillion.

However, helium seemed to set that people past week.

'I deliberation we'll effort for $2 trillion. I deliberation that's similar the best-case outcome,' helium said. 'But I bash deliberation that you benignant of person to person immoderate overage. I deliberation if we effort for $2 trillion, we've got a bully changeable astatine getting $1 [trillion].'