How Elon Musk became 'prophet-in-chief' of tech's Trump-leaning conservatism

In the waning days of October, several hundred people gathered at the Life Center, a megachurch in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, for a town hall organized by the Trump campaign. Attendees chatted excitedly as they filed into the church’s cavernous sanctuary.

But when the event began, the speaker who strutted onstage wasn’t former President Donald Trump, or one of his evangelical supporters. Instead, it was Elon Musk, the billionaire owner of SpaceX rocket company, Tesla electric cars, and the social media platform once known as Twitter.

Musk, the richest man in the world, has long approached religion with suspicion, and some in the audience were skeptical: One asked what was “keeping” him from believing in God.