Elon Musk jumping for joy behind Donald Trump at a rally in Butler, Pennsylvania last weekend was just one of many of the images from the 2024 presidential race that would have been difficult to process a decade ago.
Wearing a black MAGA hat, the billionaire Tesla, X and SpaceX CEO joined Trump on stage, as clear evidence yet of their growing alliance in the final stretch of the election.
Since officially endorsing Trump in July, shortly after a failed assassination attempt on the same spot, Musk has become an influential and deep-pocketed advisor to the former president. He is said to speak with Trump multiple times per week and has begun to shovel money into GOP get-out-the-vote operations.
Musk, who …