Musk Sets Donations for New Pro-Trump Super PAC

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🗓️ 16 July 2024

⏱️ 14 minutes

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A.M. Edition for July 16. Elon Musk has said he plans to commit around $45 million a month to America PAC, a group backing former President Donald Trump’s presidential run. The WSJ’s Dana Mattioli has the scoop. Plus, our team in Milwaukee recaps an eventful day at the Republican National Convention and speaks to Sen. Ron Johnson (R., Wisc.) about tariffs and the economy. And, data from Disney’s internal Slack workplace collaboration system are leaked following a hack. Kate Bullivant hosts. Sign up for the WSJ’s free What’s News newsletter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:20.0	Elon Musk has said he is committing tens of millions of dollars a month to a new pro-Trump
0:28.3	super PAC.
0:29.3	Plus we have a dispatch from the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee.
0:34.8	There was this cheer that went up when Donald Trump first appeared on the screens throughout
0:38.9	the arena here that was by far the loudest moment of the night this cathartic high point that so many people
0:45.7	here had been clearly waiting for since the attempt on his life on Saturday.
0:50.4	And a hack exposes internal communications at Disney.
0:54.4	It's Tuesday, July 16th.
0:57.1	I'm Kate Bullevent for the Wall Street Journal filling in for Luke Vargas,
1:00.9	and here is the AM edition of What's News, the top headlines and
1:05.3	business stories moving your world today.
1:09.7	We begin today with a scoop.
1:16.0	Elon Musk has said he plans to commit around $45 million every month to a new super pack supporting Donald Trump's presidential run.
1:27.0	Here's journal reporter Dana Matioli with more details on the recently founded America Pack. They are going door to door
1:35.0	registering voters in different areas to get them to sign up to vote, to request mail
1:42.0	in ballots in swing states, trying to get them to commit to
1:45.5	voting early.
1:47.3	And this was an acknowledgement from the people involved in the America Pack, which include Elon Musk,
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