The Republican candidate for the White House is asking the richest man in the world to help him develop his economic program and is promising him a job if he wins.
Donald Trump wants this Elon MuskTesla founder and owner of X (formerly Twitter), will be his right-hand man in the economic chapter if he returns to the White House. The former president of the United States has asked for help from the richest man in the world and he promised yesterday that if he won the elections, he would put him in charge of a special federal commission to audit economic policy of the country's government.
Trump made the remarks Thursday while attending a forum at the Economic Club of New York, where he also stressed your electoral program. Among other things, he pledged to continue to deepen the fall in inflation and especially to reduce bureaucracy to achieve a more agile administration.
On the economic chapter, he insisted once again that his plan be adopted. boosting US energy productionso that it does not depend on external sources, especially oil, even if it has now placed the electric vehicle at the center of its political agenda. In addition, it has promised to lower taxes, while recalling that its rival in the elections, Kamala Harrisproposed exactly the opposite.
“She intends to establish communist measures “to control prices and confiscate wealth,” Trump said of the current US vice president's program. He also said his rival would provoke “annihilation of energy”in addition to skyrocketing government spending, causing the country to ruin. This is precisely where Elon Musk would come into play within his Administration.
The businessman would then head an efficiency commission “tasked with conducting a comprehensive financial and performance audit of the entire federal government and making recommendations for drastic reforms,” Trump explained. The big question is whether Musk is willing to take the job.and while he didn't express that specific position, in his X profile he made it clear that he “looks forward to serving the United States if the opportunity arises.”
It must be taken into account that the founder and CEO of Tesla supported Trump in Julyjust after the assassination attempt on the former US president. Since then, he has become a key figure in Donald Trump's campaign. The politician has used the tycoon's social influence to try to regain his popularity and climb in the pollsas Harris has been in the lead since Joe Biden stepped aside as the Democratic presidential nominee, leaving the way clear for his campaign partner.
In an attempt to distance himself, Trump guaranteed on Thursday “explosive economic growth”through “low taxes, less regulation, lower energy costs, low interest rates, secure borders, minimal crime and more income for citizens of all races and religions.”