ELON Musk’s scandal-ridden dad has appeared to hint at his son’s political ambitions.
Errol Musk told The Sun that he believes the Tesla mogul would win the presidency should he decide to launch a bid for the White House.
But, the South African engineer, 76, warned that his estranged son Musk is "politically naive."
In 2015, Elon told a Vanity Fair event that he tried to get involved in politics as “little as possible”.
He has donated to Republican and Democratic candidates in the run-up to previous elections.
He donated around $2,000 to former president George W Bush and his challenger John Kerry ahead of the 2004 election, Insider reported.
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And also gave the National Republican Congressional Committee $25,000 before the 2006 midterms and donated to both Barack Obama’s and Hillary Clinton’s campaigns in 2008.
But, he did not give money to the Trump or Clinton campaigns in 2016.
In October 2015, Musk said he hoped the brash New Yorker wouldn’t be the GOP’s candidate.
He said: “I don’t really have strong feeling except that hopefully Trump doesn’t get the nomination of the Republican party because I think that’s yeah… that wouldn’t be good.
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“I think at most he would get the Republican nomination, but I think that would still be a bit embarrassing.”
But, Musk, who is locked in talks to buy Twitter in a $44billion deal, believes the former president should have his ban on the social media site lifted.
Trump was banned following the Capitol riots in January 2021 and Twitter said it made the decision “due to the risk of further incitement of violence.”
He had more than 80million followers on the platform at the time of the ban.
The eccentric entrepreneur branded Trump’s ban “morally wrong” as he made the remarks during the Financial Times’ Future of the Car conference which was held in May.
He said: “Permanent bans should be extremely rare and really reserved for accounts that are bots, or scam, spam accounts… I do think it was not correct to ban Donald Trump.
“I think that was a mistake because it alienated a large part of the country and did not ultimately result in Donald Trump not having a voice.”
Musk described the decision as “morally bad and foolish".
In June, Musk revealed that he voted for the Republican candidate Mayra Flores in the special election held in Texas’ 34th congressional district.
He predicted that there will be a "massive red wave" this year.
The revelation sparked a flurry of comments online, with one asking who Musk was "leaning toward" ahead of the 2024 election.
He replied: "DeSantis".
Musk revealed he backed Andrew Yang in the 2020 election but said DeSantis has a “better chance of winning” in 2024.
Florida Governor DeSantis has repeatedly swatted away speculation that he may run for the Republican nomination.
But, he is reportedly planning to hold a private fundraiser in Utah this month, CNBC reports.
Some of the GOP’s top donors are expected to attend the event.
DeSantis is raising money as he prepares to run for re-election later this year.
Meanwhile, Errol has poked fun at the number of Elon’s kids as the tech titan appeared to confirm he had twins with one of his top executives.
It emerged on July 6 2022 that Musk had welcomed two more kids with Neuralink executive Shivon Zilis.
Elon appeared to acknowledge the births with a tweet that read: "Doing my best to help the underpopulation crisis."
He added: "A collapsing birth rate is the biggest danger civilization faces by far."
But Errol said: "There's several illegitimate grandchildren so-called you might say… I have to count them.
"I saw one of my grandsons on TV last night on YouTube. And I didn't realize it was one of my grandsons talking."
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Errol also claimed that his son had been called a highly offensive slur by teachers when he was seven.
And, he has been revealing details about the tycoon’s mom Maye Musk, 74.
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