X helped Trump breakthrough the censors of the left

 The Hill:

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... A would-be assassin shot and wounded Trump in Butler, Pa. on July 13. Many of the details of that assassination attempt are still being covered up by the Biden administration and the leadership of the Secret Service. That violent act impelled Elon Musk — owner of SpaceX, Tesla and X — to jump in with both feet, not only to endorse Trump but to support him with every means at his disposal.

In some very real ways, the relationship between Musk and Trump became symbiotic. While both were highly successful and accomplished, both potentially had a great deal to lose if Vice President Kamala Harris — and the far-left team behind her — won the presidency. Trump has been dealing for years with Russian collusion hoaxes; fabricated lawfare charges; an armed FBI raid on his home in Florida; and the specter of endless legal assaults from the Democrats against him and his family.

Musk had been free of all those threats until he bought Twitter, rebranded it as “X” and then openly refused to censor or ban many of the voices the left deemed “dangerous” to their poisonous narrative. And because he did, he was immediately elevated by the left to “Public Enemy Number Two” status, after Trump. And with that designation came the growing threats to shut down X, destroy his businesses and even arrest him.

Trump did have a very powerful message which was resonating with voters. But were the “five major megaphones” censoring that message from the tipping point of voters needed to win an election?

The Trump campaign was up against the question: “If a tree falls in a forest and no one is around to hear it, does it make a sound?” Trump’s “message trees” were capable of making tremendous noise with the vibrations rippling far and wide. But that noise still had to be amplified. Did the Trump campaign have enough “woofers and tweeters” to get the job done?

Musk made that question moot. Shocked and angered by the assassination attempt against Trump, and then shocked and angered by the smear campaign directed at him by the left and supporters of Harris, Musk brought his 200 million followers on X in for a test drive. He got behind the wheel of the largest and most powerful “Cybertruck” ever and drove it straight into the nonstop attacks leveled against him and Trump.

Not only did Musk post thousands of times — with each post being viewed by tens of millions of people — but he reposted messages from other voices being censored by the left and the “five major megaphones.”

Additionally, Musk’s support of Trump and his fight against censorship inspired and emboldened other powerful voices to jump into the arena for Trump — and for self-survival. One such voice was Joe Rogan. While he endorsed Trump late in the game, his endorsement still moved the needle.
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The real biggest threat to democracy in the US has been the Democrats' control of most of the media with their ability to suppress the speech of opponents.  Musk's purchase of Twitter, now X changed that dynamic and allowed Trump and his supporters the ability to respond to the Democrats' attempt to suppress speech they disliked.  Musk is a real First Amendment hero.

See also:

How Elon Musk Knew Donald Trump Was Going to Win 4 Hours Before You Did