Mr Musk tweeted on Saturday saying “I support Yang” and added in a later tweet, “He would be our first openly goth president. I think this is very important.” Mr Musk’s comments come after Mr Yang tweeted last week that he does not expect people to agree with him on everything but that he hopes people would trust him. He tweeted: “I don’t expect people to agree with me on everything- that would be odd.

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“My main hope is that people trust that I’m trying to solve problems and I’m open to different approaches - particularly if the data drives in a particular direction. Changing one’s mind is not a bad thing.”

Mr Yang is a candidate running in a field consisting of more than two dozen hopeful candidates competing for the Democratic nomination.

One of Mr Yang’s proposals is a universal basic income (UBI).

He wants every US citizen over the age of 18 to receive an income of £1000 each month beginning in January 2021, regardless of the individual’s come or employment status.

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