Once again, Musk’s political involvement is in the spotlight, particularly his significant donations. His interference began in 2021 with a substantial $11 million contribution to Building America’s Future. This was just the beginning. In 2022, he further escalated his support with a substantial $53 million donation. These significant donations underline the extent of his political involvement. https://www.reuters.com/world/us/musk-funded-right-wing-political-non-profit-years-before-he-endorsed-trump-2024-10-02/

The group associated with the project includes Tesla, Space X, and Twitter (now referred to as X), all of which are part of Musk’s business ventures. Despite previous assertions to the contrary, Musk reportedly utilized a non-profit 501(c)(4) organization, which does not mandate disclosure of its financial supporters to the federal Government. This method of obscuring political contributions’ sources is known as ‘dark money.’

Elon Musk has been criticized for spreading misinformation and falsehoods in the past, including conspiracy theories and inaccurate statements about historical events. (Ex. Jewish people to civil war in Britain.)

Musk’s blatant lies and misinformation campaign have drastically dropped X’s (formerly known as Twitter) value, plummeting from 44 billion to 6.6 billion since his acquisition. At this rate, Twitter is on track to become an utterly worthless investment.https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2023/05/twitter-value-keeps-falling-under-musk-now-worth-a-third-of-what-he-paid/