Trump and his allies want Elon Musk to speak at Republican National Convention

• Former President Donald Trump and his allies on the Republican National Committee want Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk to speak at the GOP convention in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, in July.
• Republican Party leaders believe that Musk has enough young fans who could give a boost to the GOP's historically lagging youth vote on Election Day.
• Trump, whose last serious challenger Nikki Haley dropped her candidacy at the Super Tuesday, is on track to face President Joe Biden in the presidential election in November.
• Musk after buying the social media site X, formerly known as Twitter, undid a lifetime ban on Trump's account imposed by prior owners after the U.S. Capitol riot on Jan. 6, 2021.

Former President Donald Trump and his allies on the Republican National Committee want to convince Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk to speak at the GOP convention in July, people familiar with the matter told CNBC.

Republican leaders believe that giving Musk a speaking slot at the convention could lead to some of his fans boosting what has been the party's historically lagging support among young adult voters on Election Day, said a source with knowledge of that belief.

Trump is expected to be confirmed at the Milwaukee, Wisconsin, event as the Republican presidential nominee, setting up a rematch of his 2020 contest against President Joe Biden in the election this November.

Musk's potential speaker role was disclosed after he reportedly met with Trump and a group of wealthy Republican donors last weekend in Palm Beach, Florida. It is not clear if Trump or his allies have raised the idea with Musk.

That sitdown came days before the former president's landslide victories in the Super Tuesday primaries, which led his last major challenger, former