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What Elon Musk gains from a second Trump term

The world's richest man added $15 billion to his net worth in a single day. What else will the election give him?

Given that the government's entire discretionary budget is just $1.7 trillion, Musk could only reach this number by slashing mandatory spending — Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid, in other words. If the two fell out again — a distinct possibility, given the vast array of former Trump officials who feuded with their boss in his first term — Musk has plenty of avenues for revenge. He still stands accused in multiple cases of attempting to overthrow the 2020 election results, not to mention the charges of unlawfully keeping classified documents at Mar-a-Lago.

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