Elon Musk is ‘renting a $2,000 per night cottage at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago’
Share:
Elon Musk has reportedly been renting a $2,000-per-night cottage at Mar-a-Lago, giving him easy access to President-elect Donald Trump. Musk, who was Trump’s most important donor and has been giving him policy advice, began staying at the cottage called Banyan nearly full time since Election Day, sources told The New York Times on Monday.
![[LANCASTER, PENNSYLVANIA - OCTOBER 26: SpaceX and Tesla founder Elon Musk speaks during an America PAC town hall on October 26, 2024 in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. Musk has donated more than $75 million to America PAC, which he co-founded with fellow Silicon Valley venture capitalists and tech businessmen to support Republican presidential nominee, former U.S. President Donald Trump. (Photo by Samuel Corum/Getty Images)]](https://metro.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/SEI_234631789-cfb2.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&w=646)
The Banyan is just a few hundred feet away from the main residence at Trump’s Palm Beach, Florida resort. Trump has reportedly bragged that the world’s richest man is ‘renting’ one of his residential spots. The Banyan has had the rate of at least $2,000 nightly in the past, a source told the newspaper. But guests are typically billed at the end of their stay, so it remains unclear how much Musk will be charged, and if he will have part or all of his stay made complimentary by Trump.
![[A mobile Police tower can be seen on the grounds of US President-Elect Donald Trump's South Florida home in Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach Florida on December 20, 2024. (Photo by ROBERTO SCHMIDT / AFP) (Photo by ROBERTO SCHMIDT/AFP via Getty Images)]](https://metro.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/SEI_233883092-2248.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&w=646)
Musk spent more than a quarter of a billion dollars helping Trump win the November election. Effectively in exchange, Musk has been picked by Trump to co-lead the new Department of Government Efficiency. Musk has also been invited to join in on Trump’s meetings and listened in on his meeting with foreign figures. The X owner has also been able to dip into some of Trump’s dinners.
Musk apparently left Mar-a-Lago around Christmas and is set to return any day. Trump seemed to acknowledge Musk’s recent absence in a public X post. ‘Where are you? When are you coming to the “Center of the Universe,” Mar-a-Lago. Bill Gates asked to come, tonight. We miss you and x!’ the president-elect wrote.
