Elon Musk, Trump’s deregulatory hype man

By Robin Bravender | 11/12/2024 01:50 PM EST

The Tesla CEO is urging Trump to hire “maniacally dedicated small-government revolutionaries.”

Elon Musk shouts from the stage at a rally for President-elect Donald Trump at Madison Square Garden in New York.

Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk appears poised to play a significant role advising the incoming Trump administration. Angela Weiss/AFP via Getty Images

Elon Musk’s role with the incoming Trump administration hasn’t been announced, but the billionaire and Tesla CEO is already sharing some of his enthusiasm for the incoming president and his deregulatory desires on social media.

Musk, who owns the social media platform X, has been posting regularly about politics, deregulation and incoming Trump administration personnel. The prominent Trump ally appears poised to play a significant role advising the incoming administration, and some social media posts indicate he is spending time at Mar-a-Lago advising President-elect Donald Trump during the early transition.

His public posts indicate how he might seek to shape Trump’s policies.

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“The people voted for major government reform,” currently fills Musk’s biography line on X.

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