“Sport, set and match,” billionaire Elon Musk mentioned as we speak as Republican Donald Trump was projected to defeat his Democrat rival Kamala Harris within the US Presidential elections.
The expression that Musk used on X, the social media platform he owns, is often used after a tennis match to point {that a} competitor has gained.
Sport, set and match
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) November 6, 2024
Musk has backed Trump and mentioned earlier as we speak that he deliberate to spend election evening with the previous US president.
Musk, the world’s richest man, has thrown his tens of millions into backing the Republican presidential candidate since endorsing him in July. He has additionally reportedly donated no less than $118 million to his political motion committee, a corporation that collects funds for elections.
Trump, 79, has pledged to make america the “bitcoin and cryptocurrency capital of the world” and to place Musk in control of a wide-ranging audit of governmental waste.
Donald Trump Extends Lead Over Kamala Harris
Donald Trump has gained a number of strongholds, together with Florida, whereas Kamala Harris has taken a variety of jap states. US networks have projected that Trump is profitable 23 states and his 60-year-old rival 11.
He’s additionally forward in six out of seven swing states that maintain the important thing to the White Home. North Carolina has been known as in favor of Trump and he’s additionally forward in Arizona, Michigan, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, and Georgia. Leads usually are not but in for the swing states of Nevada.
As for electoral school numbers, which is able to decide the winner on this election, the previous President is forward with 230 votes, whereas Harris trails with 187. Every candidate is aiming for the magic determine of 270 electoral school votes.
The 2024 US Presidential elections are historic as a result of if Harris, the Indian-American who’s the primary feminine vice chairman, wins, she would develop into the primary lady, Black lady and South Asian American to win the presidency.
Then again, if the US voters select Trump, the one president to be impeached twice and the primary former president to be criminally convicted, he would develop into the primary president to win non-consecutive phrases in additional than a century.