“Game, set, and match,” said billionaire Elon Musk as Donald Trump, the Republican candidate, was projected to defeat Kamala Harris, Democrat, in the US Presidential elections. The expression first brings to mind tennis, showing a victory for one side; it has also been shared by Musk himself on X, the social media platform he owns.
In another tweet, Musk said that the American public had given Trump a “crystal clear mandate for change tonight.” The entrepreneur has been an outspoken supporter of Trump; last week, he revealed plans to spend election night with the former president.
Musk, the world’s richest man, invested heavily in the Republican campaign since his endorsement of Trump in July, plowing at least $118 million into his political action committee, which raises money for elections.
Trump, now 78, has made lofty promises, describing the United States as the “bitcoin and cryptocurrency capital of the world” and naming Musk to lead a comprehensive audit of government waste.
In the election, Trump won key states such as Florida, but Harris has managed to secure several eastern states. Projections now put Trump at 23 states and Harris at 11. He’s leading in six key swing states: North Carolina, Arizona, Michigan, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, and Georgia; Nevada results are still pending.
Trump leads in electoral votes at 230 while Harris comes in with 187, as each candidate tries to capture the popular vote tally of 270 to win the presidency.
This election is historic, too: If Harris – the first female vice president and an Indian-American – wins, she will become the first woman, Black woman, and South Asian American to assume the presidency. On the other hand, if the electorate favors Trump – an unprecedented twice-impeached former president who could become the first to be convicted of a crime – he would make history as the first president to serve non-consecutive terms in over a century.
