Key Takeaways
- Elon Musk supported Donald Trump’s presidency.
- Elon Musk spent election night in Florida at the Mar-a-Lago resort.
- Elon Musk praised Donald Trump in a victory speech at the Palm Beach Convention Centre.
WashingtonL: Donald Trump’s return to the White House might prove to be a win for one of his most visible supporters, Elon Musk, media reports said on Thursday.
The world’s richest man spent election night in Florida with Trump at his Mar-a-Lago resort as returns came in, the BBC reported.
“The people of America gave Donald Trump a crystal clear mandate for change tonight,” Musk wrote on X—the platform he owns—as Trump’s victory began to appear all but certain.
According to media reports, at his victory speech at the Palm Beach Convention Centre, Trump spent several minutes praising Musk and recounting the successful landing of a rocket manufactured by one of Musk’s companies, SpaceX.
