Tech billionaires and Donald Trump supporters Elon Musk and Palmer Luckey gloated on social media Tuesday night as Trump took leads in almost every swing state—though the election has not yet been called for the former president.
Musk is one of Trump's most vocal supporters. (Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)
Musk tweeted “game, set and match” Tuesday night, and later tweeted out a photo of himself speaking with Trump at an election night party.
The billionaire also wrote, “America is a nation of builders,” and, “Soon, you will be free to build.”
Luckey, the founder of Oculus VR, said “GG,” an acronym for good game, in a similar post, to which Musk responded “yup.”
Trump won North Carolina’s 16 electoral votes not long after the boasts from the billionaires, the Associated Press projected, though a group of critical swing states have yet to be called.
Full tallies from every swing state that may potentially decide the presidential election could take hours or days, with states like Arizona, Nevada and Pennsylvania (which collectively account for 36 electoral votes) expected to take the longest.
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Trump’s victory in North Carolina brought his electoral vote count to 230, compared to the 205 held by Vice President Kamala Harris, and gave him a significant edge. The former president will now look to results in other swing states like Arizona, Nevada and Georgia—and the northern battlegrounds of Wisconsin, Michigan and Pennsylvania—to carve a path to victory. Trump leads in most of those states, though some have large numbers of outstanding ballots. Betters on Polymarket are pricing in a more than 95% chance of a Trump victory.
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