For much of the period since Election Day, the billionaire has been staying at a $2,000-a-night cottage at Mar-a-Lago, giving him easy access to the president-elect.
Elon Musk has attended personnel meetings at Mar-a-Lago, sat in on phone calls with foreign leaders, and spent hours with President-elect Donald J. Trump in his office. Credit…Haiyun Jiang for The New York Times
Elon Musk plays many roles with President-elect Donald J. Trump. He is Mr. Trump’s most important donor, most influential social media promoter, and a key adviser on policy and personnel.
For most of the time since Election Day, he has also been Mr. Trump’s tenant.
Mr. Musk has been using one of the cottages available for rent on Mr. Trump’s property at Mar-a-Lago, the former Marjorie Merriweather Post home in Florida that Mr. Trump converted into a members-only club and hotel in the 1990s, according to two people with knowledge of the arrangement. The cottage where he has been staying, named Banyan, is several hundred feet away from the main house, according to a person who knows the property.
A Tesla Cybertruck that caught fire Wednesday morning just outside the Trump International Hotel in Las Vegas is being investigated by local law enforcement.
The Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department said in a post on social media site X that the fire was out and being investigated.
The fire was reported around 8:40 a.m. PT, according to the Las Vegas Review Journal.
Police and fire officials are investigating a vehicle fire and explosion Wednesday morning at the entrance to Trump International Hotel, just off the Las Vegas Strip.
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An eyewitness who captured the fire from inside the hotel lobby and posted it on X, said the vehicle pulled up outside and then “blew up.” The video and others like it quickly spread on X.
The incident comes as Tesla CEO and X owner Elon Musk maintains a close connection to President-elect Donald Trump.
A review of Musk’s flight data showed at least 31 flights to or from Trump’s Mar-a-Lago property in Florida. This week, the NYT reported that Musk has been staying at a cottage on the Mar-a-Lago property.
