Maggie Haberman and Kaitlan Collins Call BS — Elon Musk Left ‘Wiggle Room’ For Donation Trump ‘Desperately Needs’

New York Times correspondent and CNN analyst Maggie Haberman and anchor Kaitlan Collins called BS on Elon Musk’s quasi-denial after he met with former President Donald Trump and a bunch of GOP donors.

Haberman dropped the scoop Tuesday that three of her Trumpworld sources confirm Trump met with Musk along with a select few wealthy GOP donors, after which Musk put out a tweet/X-post saying he wouldn’t be “donating money” to “either candidate.”

On Wednesday night’s edition of CNN’s The Source with Kaitlan Collins, Collins noted Trump’s “desperate need” for money, and she and Haberman pointed out the loophole in Musk’s denial that you could self-drive an ugly bus through;

COLLINS: The second richest man, in the world, Elon Musk, posting on X today, and I’m quoting him now, “Just to be super clear, I am not donating money to either candidate for US President.”

That, in response to the reporting that he met with Donald Trump, in Palm Beach, at his Mar-a-Lago club, over the weekend, as his campaign, and the candidate himself desperately needs money.

I’m joined now by one of the reporters who broke that story, New York Times Senior Political Correspondent, and CNN’s political analyst, Maggie Haberman.

Maggie, when you saw that tweet today, from Elon Musk — I still call them tweets — how carefully worded do you think that that message was? Because I mean, he could theoretically give to a Super PAC, supporting a candidate, without specifically giving to that candidate.

MAGGIE HABERMAN: Yes, I think you’re hitting on the issue here. He says, to be clear. Well, he’s clear that he’s not giving hard dollars to candidates. And I don’t think anybody expected Elon Musk’s valuable $3,300 checks to be at issue here.

I think the bigger issue is whether he would give money to a Super PAC, or a dark money group, where they don’t have to disclose who their donors are. And he did not address either one of those. I think the statement left him some wiggle room.

Now, that doesn’t mean that he will donate, Kaitlan. I could see a world where he doesn’t write a big check or any check. But that is the hope of people around Trump, is that he does ultimately give money.

Watch above via CNN’s The Source with Kaitlan Collins.