Trump says Elon Musk 'never told me' he would pledge $45 million a month to campaign

• Donald Trump said Elon Musk "never told me" he would donate $45 million a month to support Trump's presidential bid.
• The Tesla and SpaceX CEO denied a report that he would pledge that amount.
• Musk endorsed Trump just more than a week before President Joe Biden announced he would withdraw his reelection bid, making Vice President Kamala Harris the de facto Democratic nominee.

Donald Trump on Thursday said Elon Musk "never told me" he would pledge $45 million a month to support Trump's presidential bid, days after the Tesla and SpaceX CEO denied a report that he would do so.

"I have a good relationship with him, I think he's a nice guy," Trump said of Musk during a call-in interview on Fox News.

"Somebody told me he was going to give me 45 million [dollars] a month. I said, 'That sounds like a lot, even for Elon, that's a lot,'" the Republican presidential nominee said.

But Musk "never told me he was giving [$45 million]," he said.

"But he did say, 'I strongly endorse you,' despite the fact that I'm against the electric car mandate," Trump said, referring to the Biden administration's policies aimed at prioritizing electric vehicles over gas-powered vehicles.

Musk's endorsement came shortly after Trump narrowly survived an assassination attempt at a campaign rally on July 13.

It also came just more than a week before President Joe Biden announced he would withdraw his reelection bid and Vice President Kamala Harris became the de facto Democratic nominee.

Two days after the Trump rally shooting, The Wall Street Journal, citing sources familiar with the matter, reported that Musk was planning to donate $45 million a month to a newly formed pro-Trump super political action committee.

The PAC has already received large