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Instagram posts stated on November 04, 2021 in a post:

"Elon Musk to donate $250 billion for reparations to African Americans in U.S."

By Monique Curet• November 5, 2021

Instagram posts stated on January 15, 2025 in an Instagram post:

“Gavin Newsom directed the removal of Elon Musk from the command post and ordered Cal Fire firefighters to return donated starlinks.”

By Ciara O'Rourke• January 29, 2025

Facebook posts stated on October 15, 2024 in a Facebook post:

“Breaking news: Elon Musk endorses Caitlin Clark, will soon donate $10 million: ‘You are the pride of America, I support you.’”

By Ciara O'Rourke• October 23, 2024

Facebook posts stated on April 26, 2022 in a Facebook post:

"With 40 billion dollars, Elon Musk could have given each of the 330M people living in America a million dollars and still had $7B left over.”

By Jeff Cercone• April 28, 2022

Bloggers stated on September 06, 2022 in a blog post:

“The U.S. & Elon Musk reveal new hypersonic jet to help Ukraine.”

By Ciara O'Rourke• September 7, 2022

Facebook posts stated on February 23, 2025 in a Facebook post:

Elon Musk “contracted a helicopter and the first DOGE payments are being” dispersed in California.

By Jeff Cercone• February 24, 2025

Threads posts stated on November 17, 2024 in Threads posts:

“Elon Musk has $180 Billion and there are 8B people on earth. If he gave us each $1B he’d still have $172B left.”

By Sofia Ahmed• November 18, 2024

Threads posts stated on November 15, 2024 in a post on Threads:

Says Taylor Swift said, “Elon Musk, the first human in history, to be radicalized by his own algorithm.”

By Madison Czopek• November 18, 2024

Facebook posts stated on March 29, 2025 in a Facebook post:

“Caitlin Clark stuns the globe, rejects Elon Musk’s $15 million offer.”

By Ciara O'Rourke• April 4, 2025

Viral image stated on June 03, 2024 in a Threads post:

“Elon Musk invests $1 billion in Mel Gibson and Mark Wahlberg’s new un-woke production studio.”

By Ciara O'Rourke• June 6, 2024

Social Media stated on January 19, 2025 in social media posts:

Videos show that President Donald Trump admitted to rigging the 2024 election during his preinauguration day rally.

By Loreben Tuquero• January 21, 2025

Facebook posts stated on March 10, 2023 in a post:

Video shows Elon Musk saying he bought Twitter and unblocked Andrew Tate’s Twitter account because “we need to escape the suppression from the matrix and expose the global elites.”

By Gabrielle Settles• March 22, 2023

Viral image stated on July 09, 2022 in an Instagram post:

Elon Musk’s account “is suspended on Twitter after backing out of $44B deal.”

By Ciara O'Rourke• July 11, 2022

Instagram posts stated on December 02, 2022 in an Instagram post:

Elon Musk said, “I predict that I will buy tomorrow the entire Meta company.”

By Ciara O'Rourke• December 20, 2022

Instagram posts stated on November 12, 2024 in an Instagram post:

Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy are “part of the World Economic Forum.”

By Jeff Cercone• November 13, 2024

Susan Crawford stated on March 12, 2025 in TV debate:

"Brad Schimel said that he wanted to be part of Donald Trump's support network."

By D.L. Davis• March 28, 2025

Facebook posts stated on February 23, 2025 in a post:

It’s “official” that President Donald Trump is signing an “order from Elon Musk giving taxpayers who have filed their 2024 tax returns a stimulus check for $5,000.”

By Sara Swann• February 26, 2025

X posts stated on April 05, 2022 in a tweet:

“With the money Elon Musk spent to buy Twitter shares, he could have given every American family $100,000 and still had enough left over to cancel all student debt.”

By Andy Nguyen• April 8, 2022

Facebook posts stated on September 20, 2023 in a Facebook post:

Video shows Elon Musk promising $45,000 in Canadian currency for participating Canadian citizens.

By Ciara O'Rourke• September 21, 2023

Facebook posts stated on November 04, 2024 in a post:

“Elon Musk is taking sustainable technology to the next level with the Tesla Water Engine.”

By Caleb McCullough• November 12, 2024

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