X handle @America now used to promote Musk PAC that is pushing to get Trump elected

Elon Musk has taken the @America handle on X from a userto promote his PAC that is pushing to get Donald Trump elected in next month’s presidential race.

The billionaire, who appeared alongside Trump at the rally in Butler, Pennsylvania on Saturday, has changed his bio on X to direct followers to the account. “Read@America to understand why I’m supporting Trump for President,” it now reads.

The page was launched the same day Musk gave a speech at Trump’s rally on October 5.

The previous owner of the @America handle appears to have been inactive since 2020 and has been reassigned @America123_12 instead.

One of the first posts to appear on Musk’s @America page says: “There is only one candidate in this race who is on the right side of these issues: Donald J. Trump.” But the world’s richest person once declared the app “must be politically neutral,” leading to accusations he has turned X into a “pro-MAGA” platform.

“So the claim from Elon that X would be for both sides was just, BS,” someone responded. “It’s a pro-MAGA platform now. Why can’t he say it?”

“The ‘America’ handle is now run by Elon Musk’s PAC,” one person responded. “And it is already trying to turn people against their neighbors by stirring fears about immigrants.”

Musk’s company is permitted to reclaim usernames, according to its policies, and if a user has not logged in for over 30 days, an account may be considered inactive by the platform.

The original @America user has not yet commented, but the move by Musk is similar to when he seized the handle @X from its former owner, Gene X. Hwang. “[I] got an email basically saying they are taking it,” he said.

Musk said he plans to commit around $45 million a month to the super PAC backing Trump, the Washington