原文标题：
Elon Musk denies reported $45 million a month pledge to Trump,
says he doesn't "subscribe to cult of personality"
马斯克否认“每个月捐4500万美金给川普”的报导
说他“不支持个人崇拜”
原文连结：
https://fortune.com/2024/07/23/elon-musk-backs-down-from-45-million-a-month-pledge-to-trump-says-he-doesnt-subscribe-to-cult-of-personality/
发布时间：2024/07/24 05:35 (GMT+8)
记者署名：Eva Roytburg
原文内容：
(大致翻译)
虽然之前华尔街日报报导说马斯克承诺每个月都要捐4500万美金给川普选总统
今天马斯克今天在一场保守派名嘴主持的专访上 否认这个报导
不过 马斯克说他的确成立了一个超级政治行动委员会(super PAC)来挺川
Palantir的共同创办人Joe Lonsdale会共同领导这个super PAC
但是 马斯克又话锋一转说这个政治行动委员会没有要挺MAGA
而是只有MAG (make America greater)
他说他不支持个人崇拜
这个super PAC主要的议题是言论自由和减少政府管制
Elon Musk is not spending $45 million a month to elect former President
Donald Trump, though he has created a new super political action committee
(PAC) to fund the Republican candidate, the billionaire told conservative
commentator Jordan Peterson during an interview Monday evening.
During the interview, which was hosted on Musk's platform, X, Peterson asked
Musk if he had "shocked" himself by donating a substantial amount of money to
Trump's campaign. Musk – who has previously criticized Trump, calling him a
"bull in a china shop" – paused to correct the "media.”
"What's been reported in the media is simply not true," Musk said. "I am not
donating $45 million a month to Trump.”
The Wall Street Journal first reported on the claim, citing sources "familiar
with the matter." The outlet has not yet issued a retraction or follow-up
article altering its reporting.
Musk did note that he created a super PAC, called the America PAC, to help
support Trump. A super PAC is a group that can raise unlimited amounts of
money for a campaign's independent expenditures—such as for ads, or for
day-to-day operations— but doesn't donate directly to the campaign. They
have become prominent among both Democrats and Republicans since a 2010 D.C.
appeals court decision that authorized the existence of the super PACS. For a
normal PAC, donors are limited to gifts of only $5,000 a year.
Several tech company leaders have donated to America PAC, including Ken
Howery, an early executive at Paypal along with Musk, Antonio Gracias, a
private-equity leader, Sequoia Capital's Shuan Maguire, and the Winklevoss
twins.
The super PAC is also led in part by Joe Lonsdale, a co-founder of the
software company Palantir and politically ambitious venture capitalist in
Austin who is close to Musk, according to the New York Times.
The Austin-based America PAC "is not supposed to be a sort of
hyperpartisan" organization, Musk said. He said that he isn't part of MAGA—or
Make America Great Again, Trump's campaign slogan—but rather, his principles
are aligned with "MAG”: Make America Greater.
"I don't prescribe to [a] cult of personality," Musk said. But, he added that
Trump demonstrated "great courage"after being shot by an attempted assassin
on July 13, and that strength helps intimidate America's enemies.
Additionally, Musk spoke about the "core values"that make America great,
which he thinks the Republican party embodies more so than the Democrats.
"One of those values being meritocracy, as much meritocracy as possible, so
you get ahead as a function of your skill, and nothing else,"Musk said.
He also added that one of the principles the PAC aligned with was
"freedom," particularly freedom from "as much government intervention as
possible. "The hand of government gets heavier every year, and if we don't
roll back some restrictions and regulations, eventually," everything will be
illegal," Musk said.
When Peterson pressed Musk for why he was switching to Trump, after long
voting Democratic, Musk said that Democrats had become the party of
censorship.
He also criticized a lawsuit that the Justice Department—under President Joe
Biden's administration— launched against his company SpaceX, last year,
alleging that Musk discouraged refugees and asylum seekers from applying to
work at the aerospace company. A court order later blocked the U.S. from
pursuing the lawsuit.
Editor's note: The headline of this article has been updated for clarity, to
reflect Elon Musk never personally confirmed the reported donation.
This story was originally featured on Fortune.com
心得/评论：
※必需填写满30正体中文字，无意义者板规处分
不要太紧张
马斯克还是有成立一个super PAC(想成基金会就差不多了)来挺共和党啦
但个人觉得一边说要减少政府管制一边爽拿电动车补贴
实在是有点科科科就是了