A timeline of Elon Musk's political views and donations

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Tesla CEO Elon Musk once voted for Obama. Now, he's one of the closest members of President-elect Donald Trump's circle.

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Vivek Ramaswamy calls Rivian's $6.6 billion federal loan a 'political shot' at Elon Musk

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Vivek Ramaswamy and Elon Musk have been tapped by Donald Trump to help cut government spending.

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Sriram Krishnan is leaving Andreessen Horowitz and is reportedly in talks to join Elon Musk at DOGE

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Sriram Krishnan is not the only Silicon Valley leader rumored to be involved with DOGE.

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Blackstone's Steve Schwarzman was a trade negotiator for Donald Trump's first term. Here's what it took to get the president to a deal.

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From L: Donald Trump, Steve Schwarzman, and Chris Liddell

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Elon Musk's hunger for chips is taxing Nvidia's capacity to make them: report

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Elon Musk speaking at a Trump campaign rally in Madison Square Garden in New York; Jensen Huang speaking at the Bipartisan Policy Center in Washington, DC.
A Nvidia sales lead said in an email to colleagues that Musk's demand for chips was straining the company's supply chain, per The Wall Street Journal.

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Elon Musk wants to 'delete' a federal agency designed to prevent another financial crisis and protect people from scams

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Elon Mush and Vivek Ramaswamy have floated "deleting" entire agencies, laying off staff, and enforcing return-to-office mandates to cut costs.

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Government workers on the prospect of DOGE-fueled layoffs: 'It kind of feels like we're being villainized'

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SpaceX's Starlink satellites have a lot of scientists worried about Earth's atmosphere

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A trail of Starlink satellites appears in the night sky five days after its launch.

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Elon Musk has Twitter and Trump's ear. He's still not getting everything he wants.

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Elon Musk talking to Donald Trump at a SpaceX launch, November 2024
The world's richest man has the attention of the world's most powerful man.

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xAI is reportedly launching a ChatGPT-like app for consumers, deepening Elon Musk's rivalry with Sam Altman

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Elon Musk's xAI reportedly plans to launch a chatbot app next month.

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