Elon Musk met with Donald Trump in Florida this past Sunday, according to a new report from the New York Times. And while it’s not clear what the two men discussed, news of the meeting comes as Musk has ratcheted up his rhetoric against illegal immigration and Trump looks for new sources of cash.
The
Times
report
doesn’t
name
a
source
for
the
meeting
but
cites
“three
people
briefed
on
the
meeting.”
An
account
that
tracks
Musk’s
jet
on
the
social
media
platform
BlueSky
shows
he
landed
in
West
Palm
Beach
on
Saturday,
March
2,
and
left
the
next
day.
Musk previously claimed that he’d never voted for a Republican before 2022, which heavily suggests he never voted for Trump either in 2016 or 2020. But Musk has fully embraced Republican politics in recent years, even if he’s kept Trump at an arm’s length at times.
Musk
was
an
early
advocate
for
Vivek
Ramaswamy
to
become
the
Republican
nominee
for
president,
though
Ramaswamy
dropped
out
of
the
race
back
in
mid-January.
Ramaswamy,
an
entrepreneur
and
long-shot
candidate,
never
put
up
much
of
a
fight
against
Trump
and
has
since
endorsed
the
former
president.
The billionaire SpaceX CEO may not love Trump personally, but the two men have many shared interests. Trump, for example, wants to unleash U.S. troops on American streets to round up anyone who might look like they’re in the country illegally, a plan that Musk might just agree with.
Musk has created a steady drumbeat of xenophobic nonsense on X in recent months, insisting that illegal immigration is the biggest issue facing the country—an overwhelming potential threat that’s become a fixation for Musk. Oddly, Musk didn’t seem to care much about immigration until about 2023, judging solely from his tweets and public comments. And Musk’s new pet issue puts him at odds with President Joe Biden, who’s not exactly a dove on immigration policy.
“This
administration
is
both
importing
voters
and
creating
a
national
security
threat
from
unvetted
illegal
immigrants,”
Musk
tweeted
late
Monday
in
a
tone
that’s
become
typical
of
the
billionaire.
To
be
clear,
non-citizens
aren’t
allowed
to
vote
in
the
U.S.,
so
Musk’s
insistence
that
Biden
is
“importing”
voters
is
flat
wrong.
But
Musk
went
on
to
say
immigration
could
create
a
threat
as
serious
as
the
terrorist
attacks
on
September
11,
2001.
“It is highly probable that the groundwork is being laid for something far worse than 9/11. Just a matter of time,” Musk continued.
It
should
be
noted
that
none
of
the
terrorists
that
carried
out
the
attacks
on
the
Pentagon
and
the
World
Trade
Center
in
New
York
were
in
the
country
illegally.
They
all
entered
on
completely
legal
visas.
Biden
has
said
he’d
like
to
“close”
the
border
if
Republicans
can
get
him
a
bill
that
addresses
the
issue.
Sen.
James
Lankford,
a
Republican
from
Oklahoma,
spent
months
negotiating
a
bipartisan
bill
that’s
widely
viewed
as
the
toughest
immigration
reform
in
a
generation.
But
that
legislation
was
torpedoed
by
Republicans
after
Trump
made
it
clear
he
wants
the
border
to
be
an
issue
he
can
campaign
on
in
the
lead-up
to
November’s
presidential
election.
And
that’s
the
problem
the
U.S.
now
faces.
Trump,
who’s
currently
leading
Biden
in
several
national
polls,
thrives
in
a
world
of
chaos.
And
Musk
might
be
signing
up
for
precisely
that
kind
of
chaotic
mission
if
he
starts
to
support
Trump
financially.
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