Elon is campaigning against government regulations and promising to uncover bizarre alleged machinations

Tech billionaire Elon Musk is on the campaign trail, gathering support for former President Trump. He takes aim at government regulations while advocating for the expansion of American businesses and cutting government bureaucracy.

Musk formally endorsed Trump over the summer when the 45th president survived the first assassination attempt in his life this election cycle, and has since joined the campaign trail in the key battleground state of Pennsylvania to drum up support and encourage people to vote. Drawing on his decades of experience as a tech visionary and business leader who has personally grappled with strict government regulations, Musk has made cutting red tape a hallmark of his stump speeches and comments on X.

Musk posted early Sunday morning

“Tomorrow I will tell the story of how SpaceX was forced by the government to kidnap seals, put headphones on them, and play sonic booms to see if they seemed upset,” Musk posted Sunday morning.

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Musk's tease came in response to a clip in which he said in Pennsylvania on Saturday that he had a “bunch of crazy stories” related to government overregulation, including that SpaceX had to investigate the likelihood of its Starship rocket hitting a whale or Shark hits.

“SpaceX had to do this study to see if Starship would hit a shark. And I think… it's a big ocean. There are lots of sharks. It's not impossible, but it's very unlikely. So we said, “All right, we’ll do the analysis.” Can you give us the shark data?'” he said to laughter from the audience. He said the National Marine Fisheries Service hired SpaceX to conduct the study.

“They said, 'No, we can't give you the shark data.' Well, we're in a bit of a quandary. How do we solve this shark probability problem? They said, 'We could leave it to our Western division, but we don't trust them.' I'm like, 'Am I in a comedy sketch here?'” Musk said in the clip.

“Eventually we got the data and were able to do the analysis and say, 'Yes, the sharks are going to be fine.' But they wouldn't let us proceed with the launch until we did this crazy shark analysis. Then we were like, 'Okay, we're done now.' But then they said, 'What about whales?'” Musk continued.

Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk speaks as former President Trump listens at a campaign rally Saturday, Oct. 5, 2024, in Butler, Pennsylvania. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

If re-elected to the White House, Musk could take on a new position as the federal government's “secretary for cost reduction,” Trump said.

“He doesn’t want to be in the Cabinet,” Trump told Fox News’ Maria Bartiromo on “Sunday Morning Futures” last week. “He just wants to be in charge of cutting costs.”

“We will have a new position: Minister for Cost Reduction. Elon wants to do this and we have incredible people. He runs a large company. He can't just say, 'I think I'll go into the Cabinet.' .' Other people can't do that, but Elon is a little different in that way.

Back in August, when Musk invited Trump for an interview on

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“Many people simply don’t understand where inflation comes from. Inflation arises from overspending because the checks are never cashed when the government issues them. So when the government spends far more than it takes in, the money supply increases.” “When the money supply grows faster than the rate of goods and services, that's inflation,” Musk said during their conversation.

“So we really need to reduce our government spending, and we need to think again… I think we need a government efficiency commission that says, 'Hey, where are we spending money that makes sense. Where doesn't it make sense?'”

Musk officially entered the campaign trail on behalf of Trump's candidacy last week, holding a handful of rallies in Pennsylvania – a place Musk said he knows well, citing his stay in Philadelphia while studying at the University of Pennsylvania in the 1990s.

When Musk spoke to an audience in Folsom, about 20 miles outside of Philadelphia, last week, he emphasized that Space

Former President Trump gestures at a campaign rally at Findlay Toyota Arena on Sunday, Oct. 13, 2024, in Prescott Valley, Arizona. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

“I'm telling you this like a crazy thing, like we got fined $140,000 by the EPA for dumping freshwater on the ground. Drinking water. It's crazy. I'll just give you an example of how crazy this is. And we.” We say, “Well, we cool the launch pad with water during launch so it doesn't overheat.” “Water, so clean, super clean water,” Musk said to the audience.

“And the FAA said, 'No, you have to pay a $140,000 fine.' And we say, 'But Starbase is in a tropical storm zone,'” Musk said, referring to SpaceX's headquarters in Texas. “'This is the same as the water we used' So, and it's like… no harm. And they said, 'Yeah, but we didn't have permission.' We're like, 'Do you need a freshwater permit?'” Musk said.

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Musk argued that America needs to move from “solving one problem at a time” to a construction industry that grows innovation and “inspires” residents, but that “we are being massively slowed down by regulatory molasses.”

Elon Musk jumps on stage as former President Trump speaks at a campaign rally on Saturday, Oct. 5, 2024, in Butler, Pennsylvania. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Musk's campaign tour appears to have alarmed Democrats over Trump's efforts to claim the Keystone State.

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Pennsylvania is seen as the state that will likely decide the final outcome of the election, with both Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris repeatedly zigzagging across the state to drum up support among city dwellers, suburbanites and farmers alike. Democratic Senator John Fetterman warned party members not to underestimate Musk's influence among Pennsylvania voters.

“Not just that he supported (Trump), but the fact that he's now becoming an active participant and showing up and doing rallies and things like that,” Fetterman told the New York Post, explaining that the hugely successful CEO of Tesla and SpaceX is an attractive number for the kind of voters Harris needs to win over.

Senator John Fetterman has warned Democrats about Elon Musk's potential impact on Pennsylvania voters. (Getty Images)

“I mean, (Musk) is incredibly successful, and I think some people would see him as a kind of Tony Stark,” Fetterman said, referring to the popular Marvel Comics character. “Democrats, you know, kind of make light of it, or they make fun of him jumping up and down and things like that. And I would just say that they do that at our peril.”

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