No wonder October is known as the month of surprises before the US presidential election. The most obvious of all must be Elon Musk, whose one-million-dollar-a-day giveaways to swing state voters have not only astonished local law enforcers but also confused law experts across blue and red states. The latest lawsuit brought by a Philadelphia district attorney against the world's richest person - and most talented brain - has not stopped him from giving out the checks.
Backed by elite legal advisers, Musk is confident he is not breaking the law even though he stands accused of violating its spirit. Musk's teaming up with Donald Trump is natural and both are hugely charismatic to their supporters. The mood at Republican rallies led by Musk has been so high that the billionaire is said to have even greater support than the billionaire who is running for the White House.
If Musk were born in the US and not in Africa, he could have run for the presidency in his own right but he was disqualified from the very beginning because of his place of birth. US presidential election campaigns burn through a fortune to keep the momentum going. Kamala Harris of the Democratic Party is never short of big donors keen to see anyone but Trump take over from Joe Biden, whose bid for a second term was torpedoed by a de-facto party coup following a disastrous televised debate with Trump.
However, few of the donors pouring tens of millions of dollars into Harris' campaign have showed up to rub should.
