Year in review: Elon Musk’s evolution from uncommitted to Trump’s ‘first buddy’

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Tech executive Elon Musk began 2024 by keeping a cautious distance from then-presidential candidate Donald Trump, but as the dramatic election-year events unfolded, Musk went through a political transformation.

The former proud Democrat found himself giving a full-throated endorsement of the former president following the first assassination attempt in Pennsylvania, and by November, Musk was labeled Trump’s “best buddy.”

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