How Donald Trump’s friendship with Elon Musk led to such a Twitter victory

“We have a new star. A star is born: Elon,” Trump said to thunderous applause. “He’s an amazing guy.”

The president-elect then launched into a big digression about Musk and the rocket.

“You know, he sent a rocket two weeks ago, and I saw this rocket, I saw it fall, I saw it, when it flew away, it was beautiful, shiny white, when it fell, it didn’t fall. you look so beautiful, it was going 10,000 miles an hour and burning like hell,” he said. “But I saw it fall and turn around… you know, by the way, it’s about 22 stories high… and it fell and fell, and you saw all this fire burning, and I say only Elon can do this. It must be Elon,” he said.

He said that no one could do this except Elon, and “that’s why I love you, Elon.”

“We must protect our geniuses,” he said. – We don’t have many of them.

As for the endorsement, it needed to be edited but it worked. Shares in Tesla, Musk’s electric vehicle company, rose, making him $15 billion richer. CNN reported.

Trump has good reasons to be favorable to Musk. The billionaire donated US$132 million ($198 million) of his own money to Trump’s campaign and dedicated his social media platform (formerly Twitter) to supporting Trump, attacking his opponents and spreading anti-democratic conspiracy theories.

Musk, who is clearly enjoying his newly increased public profile, has spent several weeks campaigning for Trump in the swing state of Pennsylvania and handed out US$1 million ($1.5 million) checks to potential voters as part of a (possibly illegal) campaign. Campaign to get out the vote in battleground states.

The president-elect predicted that Musk would play an important role in the Trump administration as the “Secretary of Cost Cuts,” the head of a planned “commission on government efficiency tasked with conducting a complete financial and performance audit of the entire federal government.” Musk believes $2 trillion could be cut from the $6.25 trillion federal budget.

He has a strong personal financial interest in deregulating and deregulating businesses. There is a federal audit of his SpaceX rocket business, as well as Tesla self-driving car safety investigationfollowing reports of fatal accidents caused by autonomous vehicles.

Musk’s concerns about breeding and “good genes” echo Trump’s concerns. He is an admirer of right-wing pronatalist leaders such as Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni.

He had long warned of population decline and was known to offer to donate his sperm to women and couples in his circle. Musk had 12 children (one died in infancy) from three women. is reportedly building a complex in Austin, Texas, to house as many of his children and their mothers as possible..

“Having children should be considered a national emergency,” he wrote on X in June.

After pop star Taylor Swift endorsed Kamala Harris in September, calling herself one of the “childless cat ladies” despised by Vice President-elect J.D. Vance, Musk singled her out in a creepy social media post. “Fine, Taylor… you win… I will give you a child and protect your cats with my life.”

According to New York TimesTrump’s victory can make Musk”most powerful private citizen in the country“

Given Trump’s emotional instability and constant tendency to bicker with his advisers, Musk’s time in the White House is likely to be limited. But until then, we should prepare for total libertarian control, where little is regulated except women’s bodies, and childbearing is less about individual choice and more about capital creation.

Jacqueline Mali is a senior writer and columnist.