Elon is the largest individual political donor ever. I think a billionaire funding counter-protests is not that fishy in contrast.
I don't think a movement having a bit of funding for the organizers is that big of a deal though. The actual protesters are there because they want to be.
Edit: He's actually the largest individual political donor ever within a single political cycle, which is still quite significant (he's outspending the next largest in this cycle by about 3:1), but also very different. https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/10/27/tracking-the-money...
I think Elon's big political contributions didn't begin until 2024, so pretty recent.
Do we know who was the largest individual political donor prior to Elon?
I misheard the figure. He's actually the largest individual political donor ever within a single political cycle. I've updated my comment.
I'm not really sure who the largest cumulative donor would be. I tried to find that, and didn't feel like I was getting close to the answer.