Game, set and match, billionaire Elon Musk said today as Republican Donald Trump was projected to defeat his Democrat rival Kamala Harris in the US Presidential elections.
The expression that Musk used on X, the social media platform he owns, is commonly used after a tennis match to indicate that a competitor has won.
Musk, the world’s richest man, has thrown his millions into backing the Republican presidential candidate since endorsing him in July. He has also reportedly donated at least $118 million to his political action committee, an organization that collects funds for elections.
Trump, 79, has pledged to make the United States the “bitcoin and cryptocurrency capital of the world” and to put Musk in charge of a wide-ranging audit of governmental waste.
Trump has won several strongholds, including Florida, while Kamala Harris has taken a number of eastern states. US networks have projected that Trump is winning 23 states and his 60-year-old rival 11.
He is also ahead in six out of seven swing states that hold the key to the White House. North Carolina has been called in favor of Trump and he is also ahead in Arizona, Michigan, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, and Georgia. Leads are not yet in for the swing states of Nevada.
