John Hardin Young, an adjunct professor of election law at William and Mary School of Law, argues that Musk is “vote buying” in a targeted manner. He says Musk is supporting Trump under the guise of “supporting these petitions for First and Second amendment rights and registering to vote.”

Elon Musk has turned his personal X account into a billboard for Donald Trump’s election campaign, but the billionaire’s political action committee has made the company a much smaller part of its marketing strategy,