The alliance between Donald Trump and Elon Musk has finally come together after an awkward courtship that saw each side curiously pursuing the other.
Tesla CEO Musk has reportedly pledged to donate $45 million per month to a new political action committee working to win a second term for President Trump in this year’s election. If Musk keeps his promise and the funding continues through November, he could become the largest political donor in American history.
This may just be the beginning for Musk and Trump. They are an odd couple with obvious differences: Musk, for example, is a climate change believer who wants to solve global warming with Tesla electric cars, which has made him the richest man in the world, while Trump denies climate change, ridicules electric cars and wants to subsidize gasoline-powered vehicles.
Well, minor details. On a more cosmic level, Trump and Musk share a disdain for authority and woke sensibilities. Both have an uncanny ability to sell themselves by stirring up controversy, picking fights, and insulting the right people. They are both businessmen with a mastery of marketing hyperbole and entrepreneurial spirit. A no-strings-attached partnership may be on the horizon.
Here are seven new ways we can move forward with President Trump and Musk joining forces.
Tesla Cybertruck Donald J. Trump Limited MAGA Edition
This is a premium version of Musk’s groundbreaking pickup truck, with a starting price of $250,000. Of course, there’s gold everywhere, plus the flag, thumbs up, and Trump’s iconic signature woven into the interior. In the future, there will also be an amphibious version, which will be shark-proof and unsinkable.
Tesla’s presidential limousine
Also known as the Cyberbeast, this replaces the current presidential limousine known as the Beast, a boring old Cadillac. An enhanced version of the Cybertruck, the Cyberbeast features 12-wheel drive, a helicopter landing pad, a driving range, and a bobblehead doll of Elon Musk mounted on the dashboard.
Tesla golf carts at Trump’s golf course
Tesla could easily scale back its electric vehicle technology to produce a fleet of carts that would become the official mode of transportation at all of Trump’s resorts – branded CyberKarts, of course.
Twitter accounts for Donald Trump and Elon Musk are displayed on a screen on November 22, 2022. (Jakub Porzycki/NurPhoto via Getty Images) (NurPhoto via Getty Images)
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Trump Mars
As part of its mission to Mars, Musk’s SpaceX will offer the Trump Organization the opportunity to develop the galaxy’s first commercial and residential complex on the Red Planet, with stunning views of Jupiter and drop-in space services available to anyone who can pay. Trump Mars could open as early as 2045.
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Trump Mask Tax Fairness Act
Known as the Trask Loophole, with full control of Congress in 2025, Republicans would pass a special tax exemption for Americans so great that their very existence is a benefit to humanity. To qualify for the exemption, one must be either the wealthiest American, or the most suffering American, as determined by Vice President JD Vance.
Musk’s X and Trump’s Truth Social will merge to create a social media giant with just two accounts: Donald Trump and Elon Musk. Everyone will have to retweet everything Trump and Musk say or face an IRS audit.
The Trump-Musk joint venture will be a laboratory for the two mavericks to improve democracies, control dictators, stop viruses at the U.S. border, and even clone themselves. Shares will be offered to the public under an innovative structure with Trump and Musk each owning 51%. If that doesn’t make sense, you might not be prepared for the next four years.
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