WASHINGTON, May 29 (Reuters) -

Donald Trump is considering tapping billionaire Elon Musk as

a policy adviser if the Republican presidential candidate

reclaims the White House in November's election, the Wall Street

Journal reported on Wednesday, citing people familiar with the

talks.

The two have discussed ways for Musk, who runs the social

media platform X as well as SpaceX and Tesla, to have

"formal input and influence" over economic and border security

policies, according to the Journal.

The WSJ also said Musk informed Trump about his ongoing

influence campaign aimed at convincing powerful U.S. business

leaders not to support Democratic President Joe Biden, who beat

Trump in the 2020 election and is seeking a second term.

Those talks, which included billionaire investor Nelson

Peltz, also included discussions about funding a "data-driven

project to prevent voter fraud," the outlet said, adding no

further details were known.

Representatives for Trump and Musk did not immediately

respond to requests for comment. Representatives for the Biden

campaign also did not immediately respond.

Trump campaign spokesperson Brian Hughes told the Journal

that only Trump will decide "what role an individual plays in

his presidency." The WSJ said Musk did not respond to its

requests for comment.

In March, following a meeting with Trump in Florida, Musk -

one of world's wealthiest individuals - said he would not donate

money to Trump or Biden. Instead, he aims "to use his clout ...

to help defeat Biden by galvanizing the support of influential

allies", said the WSJ, citing a person familiar with his

thinking.

Musk in recent years has more fully embraced the Republican

Party.

Musk has said, without evidence, that Biden is intentionally

allowing migrants to cross the U.S.-Mexico border. He has also

endorsed antisemitic comments on X, though Musk has denied being

antisemitic.

While he has publicly criticized Biden policies on

immigration, electric vehicles and tariffs, Musk has not made

any formal endorsement in November's contest and Trump has said

he did not know if he has the billionaire's support.

Musk's views have hurt his standing among some consumers,

according to a CivicScience survey shown exclusively to Reuters.

Trump, a prolific user of Twitter, now X, before he was

banned from the social media site following the Jan. 6, 2021,

attack on the U.S. Capitol, launched his rival Truth Social

platform, owned by Trump Media and Technology Group Corp ( DJT )

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