The mom of billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk, Maye Musk, stated Thursday that after switching from the Democratic Occasion over to the Republican Occasion, she felt reduction that she was not a part of a celebration that some think about is “malicious and dishonest.”
Maye was a visitor on “The Backside Line,” on the FOX Enterprise Channel Thursday, the place she was requested concerning the driving power that made her turn out to be extra conservative.
“Once I turned a U.S. citizen, in fact, I used to be Democratic as a result of they provide you that possibility and since they’re the great form individuals who care about America,” Maye advised the hosts, explaining that she would watch CNN, MSNBC and browse the New York Occasions, which depicted Republicans as horrible. “However then, they’d additionally say Elon is horrible, and I used to be considering, why are they mendacity about Elon?
“They actually simply lower into my thoughts that they only didn’t know what they had been doing,” she stated. “Then once I resigned from the Democrats, I simply felt such a reduction that I’m not a part of the occasion that’s now malicious and dishonest. And my largest concern is the fraud they’re committing on the voting cubicles.”
Elon bought Twitter in 2023 earlier than renaming it X. Since then, the platform has turn out to be an area the place folks have the flexibility to talk and say what they need so long as it’s lawful.
He has additionally turn out to be a giant supporter of former President Trump throughout this election cycle.
In the course of the Trump rally at Madison Sq. Backyard on Sunday, Elon introduced that he needs to chop no less than $2 trillion in authorities waste, although not everybody believes it is going to be attainable.
Maye was requested on Thursday if she thought her son might discover $2 trillion and even $1.5 trillion in fraud, waste and abuse within the U.S. authorities.
“I believe greater than $2 trillion. I believe he was simply being modest. I imply, look what he’s performed with Twitter and X. It’s unimaginable,” she stated. “After which, in fact, Tesla was idiotic to do, and we heard it’s idiotic. SpaceX was idiotic. And the way is he doing now?”
As Musk’s mom, she has been in a position to see how he is ready to run his companies, sitting in on a full day of conferences at SpaceX and watching the engineers current concepts with enthusiasm whereas additionally listening to Elon’s concepts.
“They’ve a CEO who listens to them or provides them permission to make a change,” she stated. “And the identical with Tesla.”
Nonetheless, as Musk continues to be related to Trump, a number of publications printed articles about him on Thursday and the way he turned X right into a pro-Trump echo chamber. Maye was requested if she worries about her son when all these experiences come out from those that oppose his views, and making himself a goal.
“I all the time fear about Elon, however don’t overlook: Biden is on X. Kamala Harris is on X…all of the Democrats are on X,” she stated. “It’s horrifying, and as a mom, it terrifies me.”
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