Elon Musk is widely known as a wannabe memelord who struggles with the medium no matter how many jokes he steals . All the money in the world, it seems, is no substitute for a decent sense of humor. But until this election season, Musk’s attempts at comedy have been largely self-serving.
Now, his Super PAC, the creatively-named America PAC, is spending to blast out dire memes on social media in support of former president Donald Trump as his campaign against Vice President Kamala Harris enters the home stretch. It’s not clear how much money Musk has contributed to America PAC — he has repeatedly denied a report that he planned to give $45 million a month to the group — but the Tesla CEO has taken credit for creating the Super PAC, and it has attracted generous donations from Musk allies in the tech world . The MAGA-aligned Super PAC, which is being steered by some of the strategists responsible for Florida Gov.
Ron DeSantis ‘ botched 2024 primary run, spent $33 million over the last month, with a significant portion funneled toward more than a dozen competitive House races . Across Meta ‘s Facebook and Instagram , and the Musk-owned X (formerly Twitter ), it appears that electing Trump is the Super PAC’s primary focus, as the group’s ads tend to target swing states, attacking Harris as a “socialist” who is soft on immigration and promising that Trump will “save” America. Between those more conventional ads, however, are paid posts that attempt to lever.