Trump planning to give White House advisory role to Elon Musk after becoming president: Report

United States former president Donald Trump is likely making plans to appoint billionaire Elon Musk as an advisor in the White House after coming back to power, reports suggested.

The news of Trump considering an advisory role for Musk came after the two patched up in recent months.

According to a report published in the The Wall Street Journal, Trump has not finalised the details, however, the two have been discussing how Musk can provide “formal input” on issues like the economy, border, and preventing voter fraud.

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There has been a change in the icy relationship between the two and Musk has now been on telephone calls with Trump “several times a month,” as per the outlet.

Musk pushes business leaders to not support Biden

The world’s third-richest man, along with billionaire investorNelson Peltz, spoke to Trump regarding an effort made by Musk to convince business leaders not to support President Joe Biden in November elections.

“President Trump will be the only voice of what role an individual plays in his presidency,” said senior Trump adviser Brian Hughes, while speaking to The New York Post.

“But it has been widely reported and is demonstrated in a number of ways, that many of the nation’s most important leaders in technology and innovation are concerned with the damage done to their industry by Biden’s failures to handle our economy and his moves to overburden innovators with government bureaucracy and unrelenting regulation," he added.

Social media platform X owner and founder of Tesla and Space X Musk had earlier said that he would not give money to either candidate and has always taken an anti-Biden stance.

However, the South African-born billionaire has always portrayed himself as an independent. In 2002, Musk became a US citizen.

After clinching victory on Super Tuesday and becoming a presumptive Republican nominee, Trump met Musk at Mar-a-Lago, reported the Wall Street Journal.

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In March while speaking to CNBC, Trump confirmed that he met with Musk but did not get into the details of their conversation.

“Look, I’ve been friendly with him over the years. I’ve helped him when I was president. I helped him. I’ve liked him,” said Trump.

Musk and Trump's conversations have always delved into topics like tech, immigration and science, as reported by The Wall Street Journal.

“America will fall if it tries to absorb the world. That is why I am banging the drum so much about this issue,” said Musk, while speaking about immigrationin March.

(With inputs from agencies)