Will Elon Musk join Donald Trump’s new administration?

Elon musk threw his weight – and that of the social media platform X – behind Donald Trump (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)

Elon Musk’s transformation of X, formerly Twitter, into a political machine supporting Donald Trump could see the billionaire rewarded with a place in the president-elect’s new administration.

The SpaceX boss has become Trump’s most vocal fan and one of his biggest financial backers during the US election, which has seen X become an unofficial Republican Party campaign tool.