Without Musk, Trump could still win the election, his words caused a sensation.
After Musk recently criticized Trump's tax reform bill, it was the first time Trump had responded. One sentence he mentioned sounded particularly unpleasant to me. He said that even without Musk, he could still win Pennsylvania, which completely denied Musk's great contributions.
Musk donated at least $118 million to America PAC, a super political action committee that supports Trump. The committee invested heavily in advertising and voter mobilization in swing states like Pennsylvania, with expenditures on both parties' advertisements in Pennsylvania alone exceeding $538 million. Musk also launched the "Daily Million Dollar Lottery" campaign, requiring participants to sign petitions supporting freedom of speech and gun rights (consistent with the core issues of the Republican Party), directly locking down potential voters in swing states.
Pennsylvania has 19 electoral votes, making it the state with the most votes among swing states in 2024. Historically, it is known as "whoever wins Pennsylvania wins the country." Trump ultimately won the state by more than 3 percentage points, while the gap between him and his opponent in the previous two elections was less than 1.5 percentage points each time.
Pre-election polls showed Trump leading by only 1-3 percentage points in Pennsylvania, and Harris had narrowed the gap in the final stages. Under such a narrow advantage, Musk's funds and mobilization became the key factor tipping the balance.
In short, without Musk, Trump might not have been able to win Pennsylvania and defeat Hamas to return to the White House. Now, Trump's words show that this person truly has the character of killing the donkey after using it and destroying the bridge after crossing the river, which is really despised.
Source: https://www.toutiao.com/article/1834133002522624/
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