Elon Musk makes headlines with support for Trump and alleged regular contact with Putin | DW News

Figures released by the US Federal Election Commission show that Elon Musk's support for Donald Trump's election bid accelerating. Musk gave 44 million dollars to his pro-Trump "America" political action committee in the first half of October alone - bringing his TOTAL donations to the group to 119 million dollars. Meanwhile, The Wall Street Journal reports that Vladimir Putin and Elon Musk have been in regular, secret contact since 2022. The paper claims the Russian President discussed personal and political matters with the Space X founder. Chapters: 00:00 Report: Elon Musk and Wladimir Putin in regular contact since 2022 01:22 Elon Musk boosts donations to Trump campaign 02:38 Brendan Fischer, Investigative journalist Subscribe: https://www.youtube.com/user/deutschewelleenglish?sub_confirmation=1 For more news go to: http://www.dw.com/en/ Follow DW on social media: ►Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/deutschewellenews/ ►Twitter: https://twitter.com/dwnews ►Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dwnews ►Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/dwnews_hangout Für Videos in deutscher Sprache besuchen Sie: https://www.youtube.com/dwdeutsch