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Elon Musk says he has not spoken to Donald Trump about joining his government if Trump is elected.
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Musk responded to earlier reports saying Trump was considering an advisory role for him.
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The billionaire has become critical of it President Joe Biden but has stopped supporting Trump.
Elon Musk says he has not spoken to former President Donald Trump about joining a second Trump administration.
“There have been no discussions about a role for me in a possible Trump presidency,” the CEO of Tesla and SpaceX said in an X-post on Thursday.
Musk’s denial comes just a day after The Wall Street Journal reported that Trump wanted to give Musk an advisory role if he wins the 2024 election.
The pair have discussed ways for Musk to provide input on border security and economic policy, although the title and details of Musk’s role remain unclear, The Journal reported Wednesday, citing people familiar with the matter.
“President Trump will be the sole voice in determining what role an individual plays in his presidency,” Brian Hughes, a spokesman for the Trump campaign, told the newspaper.
Representatives for Musk and Trump did not immediately respond to requests for comment from BI sent outside regular business hours.
Joining a second Trump administration would mark a turnaround for Musk, who said he voted for President Joe Biden in the 2020 election.
However, Musk has since soured on Biden. The erratic billionaire became critical of Biden and the Democratic Party after Tesla was excluded from the president’s 2021 electric vehicle summit.
In addition to rebuking Biden for his handling of the southern border crisis, Musk has also accused Democrats of being “controlled by the unions.”
But while Musk has said he is unlikely to vote for Biden, he has not endorsed Trump.
‘Maybe I will support a candidate in the final phase. But I don’t know yet,” Musk told former CNN host Don Lemon in an interview that aired March 18. ‘I want to make an informed decision before the elections. and if I decide to support a candidate, I would explain exactly why.”
On Thursday, Trump was found guilty of 34 counts of falsifying company records in connection with a hush money payment to porn star Stormy Daniels.
The conviction makes Trump the first former US president to become a felon.
“Disturbing indeed,” Musk said of Trump’s predicament. “The American people as a whole must decide who becomes president.”
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