Donald Trump met with Tesla CEO Elon Musk, one of the world's richest individuals, in Florida over the weekend as the former Republican president seeks a major cash infusion for his latest re-election campaign, The New York Times reported on Tuesday.
Related...
Trump allies on the Republican National Committee want to help pay his legal bills
www.nbcnews.com
... A growing number of Republican National Committee members believe its campaign arm should help pay mounting legal bills for former President Donald Trump, a move that could strain the party's ability to financially support other candidates in the 2024 election.
RNC Committeeman Solomon Yue, who is from Oregon, told CNBC he believes "more than a majority" of members are in favor of helping offset the bills from Trump's lawyers in four pending criminal cases, and at least three other civil cases.
"I support the RNC paying President Trump's legal bills," Yue said. ...
Elon Musk Says He Won't Be Donating to Trump or Biden
www.thedailybeast.com
... Elon Musk on Wednesday announced that he will not be donating to either the Democratic or Republican candidates in the 2024 presidential election.
"Just to be super clear, I am not donating money to either candidate for US President," the Tesla boss wrote in an X post. Musk's declaration comes the day after The New York Times reported that he'd met Donald Trump at Mar-a-Lago over the weekend as the former president seeks to boost his campaign's financial firepower.
Speculation had been growing about whether Musk -- the world's second-richest man, commanding an estimated $200 million fortune -- would offer financial support to Trump. The SpaceX founder, who previously said he voted for Joe Biden in 2020, has recently launched a series of attacks on the Democrat's administration, going so far as to accuse officials of "treason" over the government's handling of illegal immigration.
Just to be super clear, I am not donating money to either candidate for US President
--- Elon Musk (@elonmusk) March 6, 2024
The panic around Trump is becoming visceral. He's down to what? Two weeks?
Tick Tock...
Tick Tock...
@#17 ... March 9th for the defamation suit. He still hasn't paid the 80+ million on that one, he is stalling. ...
Yup.
Donald Trump seeks new trial in E Jean Carroll defamation case
www.theguardian.com
... Attorneys for Donald Trump have requested a new trial in the defamation case brought by the writer E Jean Carroll, hours before he was unofficially crowned the Republican party's presidential candidate.
Trump's attorneys, led by Alina Habba, filed papers in federal court on Tuesday arguing that the jury's compensatory and punitive awards of $83m for denying he sexually abused her in a department store dressing room in the mid-1990s are out of proportion and should be reduced. ...
Drudge Retort Headlines
Romney Says Biden Should Have Pardoned Trump (42 comments)
Silicon Valley Billionaire Tried (Again) to Close Beach Near his Home (42 comments)
Pathetic Trump Already Trying to Weasel Out of Debating (27 comments)
Grandson says Carter is 'coming to the end' (26 comments)
Trump Suffers Huge Vote Against Him in Maryland, Nebraska (24 comments)
Dow, S&P 500 and Nasdaq All Surge to Record-High Closes (21 comments)
How America Tried and Failed to Stay White (19 comments)
Trump and Biden Upend the Presidential Debates (18 comments)