Trump’s lawyers – Rogan, Ackman, Portnoy – celebrate the election victory

On November 7, 2024By Littum

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A flood of congratulatory messages were sent in support of Donald Trump after winning the election Wednesday morning, including from a handful of Trump’s billionaire backers and his celebrities.

Trump declared victory hours before the race was called.

Key facts

Elon Muskwhich was praised by Trump in his election speech, wrote “play, set and match” late Tuesday and later posted — among several other pro-Trump messages — a photo of himself talking to Trump at an election night party.

With tech billionaire Palmer Luckeythe founder of Oculus VR, said “GG,” an acronym for good game, in a similar postto which Musk replied “yup.”

Joe Roganhost of the most listened to podcast in the US, replied to Fox News, which declared Trump’s victory before the Associated Press called the election: “THE WHOLE. LEE. S—.”

In a long post on X, Billionaire Bill Ackman said The election result was “as I expected” and criticized the Democratic Party as “fundamentally undemocratic.

Barstool Sports founder Dave Portnoy said Trump “won for fun” and claimed that Democrats gave voters like himself “no choice” to vote and support Trump.

UFC president Dana White appeared with Trump during his victory speech, saying Trump “deserves” the presidency and applauding several podcasts and influencers who supported Trump, including Barstool’s “Bussin with the Boys” and comedian Theo Vonn.

Actor Zachary Levi wrote that he was “incredibly proud” of everyone who voted for Trump, adding to other celebratory messages from the InfoWars host Alex Jones, Rosanne Barr and Jake PaulWHO said“truth won in this election.”

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Who else has congratulated Trump?

Amazon’s billionaire founder Jeff Bezos is offered “big congratulations” to Trump, weeks after he shot down The Washington Post’s endorsement of Harris. Piers Morganwho did not support either candidate, indicated he recently spoke with Trump to congratulate him on “the greatest comeback in political history.”

Contra

Mark Cubana Harris supporter and critic of Musk and Trump, congratulations Trump, saying “you won fair and square,” while also congratulating Musk.

Key

Trump praised Musk for his campaign efforts during his election speech, calling the Tesla CEO a “super genius” and saying a “new star is born.” Musk threw his support — and his money — behind Trump this summer after the Republican presidential candidate was hit by an assassination attempt. Since then, Musk has become one of Trump’s most outspoken supporters, speaking at his rallies and bashing the former president at numerous town halls in the swing state of Pennsylvania. Musk provided his own Trump-supporting super PAC, America PAC, with more than $118 million in the run-up to the election. His super PAC also gave away several $1 million checks to random swing state voters who signed a petition on America PAC’s website. The $1 million prizes were challenged in court by Philadelphia’s district attorney, although a city judge declined to issue an injunction blocking the giveaways.

Key background

The Associated Press called the presidential election for Trump Wednesday morning, shortly after winning Wisconsin’s electoral votes to bring his tally to 277. Trump declared victory before the Associated Press called the race, telling his supporters that “this was the greatest political movement ever . . . ” His win followed a string of victories in other swing states, including Pennsylvania, Georgia and North Carolina.

Forbes valuation

We estimate Musk’s net worth at $281 billion, making him the world’s richest person. Bezos is the world’s second-richest person with an estimated net worth of $221.6 billion. Ackman, founder and CEO of Pershing Square Capital Management, has a net worth of $8.9 billion. Luckey is worth $2.4 billion and Cuban is worth $5.7 billion.