Elon Musk wins big by betting on Trump

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

57% : Gordon said that, under Trump, regulators would allow Musk "more freedom to develop advanced technologies.
50% : Musk has spent months strengthening his ties to Trump, using his platform on X to advocate for him and investing over $130 million in pro-Trump efforts.
48% : "Aside from direct influence within the government, a Trump presidency could lead to a lot of wins for Musk's business empire, which includes Tesla, SpaceX, The Boring Company, Neuralink, and X. Many of these companies heavily rely on federal approvals, regulations, subsidies, or contracts -- and Trump has pledged a lighter regulatory landscape with reduced corporate and personal taxes.
47% : Cary Coglianese, a law professor and the director of the Penn Program on Regulation at the University of Pennsylvania, said Musk might merely view himself as capable of "turning around the federal government.
43% : He cited the example of billionaire investor Carl Icahn, who acted for Trump as an unpaid advisor in his first term.
40% : "Trump has agreed to incorporate Musk's proposal to establish a "Department of Government Efficiency" led by Musk.
35% : Trump intends to retract unspent funds from the Inflation Reduction Act, or IRA, to "rapidly defeat inflation and lower prices," according to Karoline Leavitt, the campaign's national press secretary.
33% : While Musk has a lot to gain over the next four years, his alignment with Trump doesn't come without risk -- and there's no guarantee everything will go as planned.

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