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https://www.cnbc.com/2024/03/18/elon-musk-says-trump-came-by-a-breakfast-di d-not-ask-for-money.html
Elon Musk says Trump ‘came by’ while he was eating breakfast, did not ask
for money Published Mon, Mar 18 202410:56 AM EDTUpdated An Hour Ago
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Elon Musk said his meeting with Donald Trump in Florida was not
previously scheduled. “I was at a breakfast at a friend’s place, and
Donald Trump came by. That’s it,” Musk said in an interview with
former CNN anchor Don Lemon. Trump did not ask for a donation to his
presidential campaign, said Musk, adding that he did not plan to loan
Trump any money to pay his mounting legal bills.
(COMBO) This combination of pictures created on May 31, 2017 shows a file
photo taken on January 23, 2017 showing SpaceX CEO Elon Musk listening to
US President Donald Trump speak during a meeting with business leaders in
the Roosevelt Room at the White House in Washington, DC, on January 23,
2017. In file photo taken on April 25, 2017 showing US President Donald
Trump pause while speaking during the Holocaust Memorial Museum's National
Days of Remembrance at the US Capitol April 25, 2017 in Washington, DC
This combination of pictures shows Elon Musk, left, and Donald Trump,
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Elon Musk said his March 3 meeting with Donald Trump in Florida was not planned, and that the presumptive Republican presidential nominee did not
ask Musk to contribute to his campaign.
“I was at a breakfast at a friend’s place, and Donald Trump came by.
That’s it,” Musk said in an interview with former CNN anchor Don Lemon,
which aired Monday morning.
The Tesla
and SpaceX CEO also said he would not loan any money to Trump as the
former president faces mounting legal bills.
The previously reported meeting initially fueled speculation that Musk —
one of the world’s richest men, and a vocal critic of Democratic incumbent President Joe Biden — might endorse or financially back Trump.
Musk told Lemon he did not go to Florida with the express purpose of
meeting with Trump. Rather, Musk said he was staying at a friend’s house
when he was asked if it would be all right if Trump stopped by for
breakfast.
“Okay, fine,” Musk said he replied.
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Musk did not name the friend, and provided few details about his and
Trump’s conversation.
“Let’s just say he did most of the talking,” Musk said of the former
president. “There was nothing particularly groundbreaking or new,” said
Musk. “President Trump likes to talk. And so, he talked. I don’t recall
him saying anything that he hasn’t said publicly. And that was it, just a breakfast.”
Trump did not ask for money or any other form of donation, Musk said.
“I’m not paying his legal bills in any way, shape or form … and he did not
ask me for money,” said Musk.
The New York Times first reported that Trump met with Musk on March 3 in
Palm Beach, along with several wealthy, Republican donors. Musk did not
mention the other people at the breakfast in his interview with Lemon.
The day after the Times story was published, Musk announced that he did
not plan to give money to Trump or Biden.
“Just to be super clear, I am not donating money to either candidate for
US President,” Musk wrote on the social media site X, which he also owns.
When Lemon asked about that, Musk told him, “I’ll voice my opinion. I
think, I don’t want to put a thumb on the scale, monetarily, that is significant.”
Musk said he might endorse a presidential candidate “in the final
stretch,” but he had not made a final decision yet. He added that he
wasn’t leaning toward any particular candidate.
“I’m leaning away from Biden,” Musk said with a laugh.
Lemon later said that just hours after the March 8 interview was taped,
Musk canceled a deal he had reached with Lemon to host a show on X.
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