Twitter CEO Elon Musk on Saturday predicted that former President Donald Trump will be re-elected in a ‘landslide’ victory if he is indicted or possibly arrested tomorrow.
Musk was reacting to news reports that Trump would be charged as early as this Tuesday.
‘If this happens, Trump will be re-elected in a landslide victory,’ Musk tweeted.
Last Saturday, Trump took to his social media age to post about the possible indictment on Truth Social, indicating that he will be arrested on Tuesday.
The potential indictment stems from the lengthy investigation surrounding Trump’s alleged payment of ‘hush money’ to actress Stormy Daniels.
Also, Author Scott Adams shared Musk’s sentiment that the indictment could boost Trump’s election chances.
‘If they handcuff Trump, he is your next president,’ he said.
Washington Post columnist Greg Sargent amongst some voices that aren’t so sure noted that there had been similar predictions of scandals boosting Trump that had failed to pan out.
‘Yet again we’re told holding Trump accountable for corruption/crimes will lead to GOP victories. But this hasn’t happened. People said impeachment would cause backlash, but he lost reelex,’ he said.
‘People said 1/6 committee would cause backlash, but Rs dramatically underperformed in 2022.’
Republican Marjorie Taylor Green also commented on the announcement, saying Trump will ‘ultimately win even bigger than he is already going to’.
