The businessman has played an important role in the Republican’s career, investing time and money, even participating in rallies as a speaker to give his support to the former president. And the effects are already beginning to be noticed.
After the result that gave the winner to Trump stock market values in USA experienced an increase. Who has benefited is Tesla the electric car company. It was learned that its shares reached $316.6 this Friday, giving the company a value of over a billion dollars.
But this may only be the first part.
For Professor Manuel Santillán there is an interesting panorama of what may come from the relationship between both businessmen. “There is enthusiasm in the market, based on the fact that Elon Musk has been, well, very close to Donald Trumpto this man who will soon be president”indicated the researcher from the University of Lima to The Commerce.
According to the EFE agency, the richest man in the world invested about 130 million dollars in helping Trump. All of this investment came through his action committee, America PAC. However, there are also questions about the destination of the money, such as the use of monetary rewards to induce voting.
However, he has not been the only billionaire to invest in this electoral campaign. On the other side was Bill Gates, founder of the technology giant Microsoft. The donation to the Democratic campaign would have been around $50 million, through Future Forward, a non-profit organization.
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Musk in government?
Another effect on the victory of Trump It is the management of the country. The president-elect offered a position to Musk within the new administration.
It was in September, at an economic forum in New York, when Trump commented that he would entrust Musk with a “drastic” reform of the federal government apparatus. “Elon, since he is not very busy, has agreed to head that working group,” said the then-candidate.
But the most interesting thing could come in the investment in technology. “We are talking about a profile where Elon Musk It would look great with all your technology companies. “It could mean an interesting field because a scenario could be imagined in which to develop trips to Mars or the Moon.”Santillán commented, due to the activities of the Space X space agency, owned by Musk.
This is one of the paths that the businessman could follow in this new Republican administration, in which he could work hand in hand with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), from which Trump cut its budget in his last administration.
“A public-private path can be found to direct actions that are aligned with that objective of venturing into space and everything that is done in research, of reaching other planets to see if life can be possible beyond it.” planet Earth”said Santillán.
The problem with the participation of the businessman of South African origin is that a conflict of interest could arise, according to the France24 news agency, due to the donation of 130 million dollars. Additionally, there are pending lawsuits and government investigations against Elon Musk and his companies.
However, the new president Donald Trump will have the possibility of filling some 4,000 government positions, which would include SpaceX personnel.
Besides…
Musk doesn’t win at everything
Vivian Jenna Wilson, the transsexual daughter of Elon Musk, has said that she will go into exile after Donald Trump’s victory in the United States. From Two years ago he broke off relations with his father and changed his last name. “I no longer see my future in the United States,” he said on his Threads account.
Technological dispute
But Elon Musk It is not a technological star that shines alone. There are other characters who can participate in this new political and business scene.
One of them is Jeff Bezos, founder of Amazon. The owner of a fortune that reaches 220 billion dollars has been one of the first to congratulate Donald Trump. According to the AFP news agency, his position was clear since he banned his newspaper, the influential Washington Post, from supporting Democrat Kamala Harris. This decision seen as an attempt to avoid friction in the event of Trump’s eventual return to power.
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Tim Cook, director of Apple, has also shown his congratulations; the same as Mark Zuckerberg, head of Meta. And if they have something in common, the AFP report points out, it is that they are seeking the departure of Lina Khan, director of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) that supervises competition matters and puts a stop to the unlimited expansion of technological emporiums. .
It is in this commercial career where Musk It may also face problems with Tesla, which is pending the construction of a gigafactory in Mexico.
“Trump He was not very open to having fair or equal relations with Mexico, it has been a very hostile relationship. In that sense, It would be necessary to see if Trump’s opinion prevails over the trade initiatives he has Elon Musk to move the technology to Mexico, or at least part of the development of Artificial Intelligence technology with data centers. The same thing happens with cars.”says Santillán.
The university professor points out that these are ambiguous situations that, for now, it is not known how they will be resolved.