Musk Unbound
1 week, 5 days ago

Musk Unbound

Times of India  

What will he do when Trump’s prez? Trump’s own first term saw several such hirings – and firings. Brought over from the ‘God Pod’ at ExxonMobil, Trump’s first secretary of state was let go by tweet: “Thank you to Rex Tillerson for his service!” But Musk stands apart from the pack. With over 200mn followers on X compared to Trump’s under 100mn, he has a megaphone bigger than anyone’s ever had, and is using it to the full. Plus, whether he’s weighing in on senior appointments or doing MAGA-enraging meddling on immigration, it’s with the shine of being the world’s richest man, indeed the first to amass $400bn in history.

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'Musk an evil person': Trump ally vows to get Tesla CEO 'kicked out before inauguration'
1 day, 16 hours ago

'Musk an evil person': Trump ally vows to get Tesla CEO 'kicked out before inauguration'

Firstpost  

Steve Bannon, Trump’s former adviser, took potshots at Tesla CEO Elon Musk saying that he should “go back to South Africa” Steve Bannon, the keynote speaker of the night, addresses the crowd at the New York Young Republican Club's Annual Gala at Cipriani Wall Street in New York City, U.S., December 15, 2024. REUTERS As Elon Musk gears up to …

Elon Musk hosts German far-right leader on X in latest bid to sway European politics
5 days, 6 hours ago

Elon Musk hosts German far-right leader on X in latest bid to sway European politics

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. In a wide-ranging, sometimes stilted conversation that touched on …

Elon Musk has just embarrassed himself beyond belief.
6 days, 13 hours ago

Elon Musk has just embarrassed himself beyond belief.

Slate  

Sign up for the Slatest to get the most insightful analysis, criticism, and advice out there, delivered to your inbox daily. Before Christmas, Musk posted his views on the annulment of Romania’s presidential election, and in the dying days of 2024, Musk posted on X in support of a far-right German political party with neo-Nazi ties called AfD, then followed …

TOM LEONARD: Amid all the talk about President Musk, is Donald Trump already tiring of his First Buddy?
1 week ago

TOM LEONARD: Amid all the talk about President Musk, is Donald Trump already tiring of his First Buddy?

Daily Mail  

Bounding on to the stage and jumping in the air with arms outstretched, Elon Musk looked like a man who’d just won the lottery. Less than two weeks before Donald Trump is sworn in, Elon Musk has effectively hijacked his presidency Bounding on to the stage and jumping in the air with arms outstretched, Elon Musk looked like a man …

Norway PM worried by Musk involvement in politics outside US
1 week, 2 days ago

Norway PM worried by Musk involvement in politics outside US

Hindustan Times  

OSLO -Norway's Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Stoere said on Monday that he found it worrying that billionaire Elon Musk was involving himself in the political issues of countries outside of the United States. Norway PM worried by Musk involvement in politics outside US Musk, a close ally of U.S. President-elect Donald Trump, last month endorsed a German anti-immigration, anti-Islamic political …

Musk gets good news a day after Italian PM visits Trump as Rome announces potential $1.6bn SpaceX deal
1 week, 3 days ago

Musk gets good news a day after Italian PM visits Trump as Rome announces potential $1.6bn SpaceX deal

The Independent  

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy A deal that would see Elon Musk’s SpaceX take over …

Explained: Elon Musk's disdain for several governments and affinity for right-wing parties
1 week, 5 days ago

Explained: Elon Musk's disdain for several governments and affinity for right-wing parties

India TV News  

With Donald Trump's victory in the United States, one person who has gained the most prominence after the President-elect himself is Elon Musk. Musk backs Germany's AfD Recently, Musk got involved in Germany's general election campaign by endorsing the far-right Alternative for Germany, or AfD, party. Musk has also criticised British Prime Minister Keir Starmer saying that he failed to …

Musk’s support for the far right in Germany is part of a bigger plan that threatens eight decades of progress
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1 week, 5 days ago

Musk’s support for the far right in Germany is part of a bigger plan that threatens eight decades of progress

The Independent  

As Germans headed into a year gripped by foreboding, I was reminded of an episode a decade ago that struck me then as absurd, and that now makes me marvel at its prescience. “The Alternative for Germany is the last spark of hope for this country,” Musk wrote in his translated commentary. Musk’s commentary quickly led to the resignation of …

Former GOP chair suggests Musk is steamrolling ‘too old’ Trump
3 weeks, 3 days ago

Former GOP chair suggests Musk is steamrolling ‘too old’ Trump

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy The former chairman of the …

Elon Musk just killed Donald Trump's honeymoon
3 weeks, 6 days ago

Elon Musk just killed Donald Trump's honeymoon

Salon  

Back in 2016, the whole country was left in shock when celebrity businessman Donald Trump managed to take over the Republican Party and win the presidential election. It's clearly starting to come apart largely because Trump made himself a much lamer duck than he needed to be. As the anointed budget cutter in chief he took great umbrage that anyone …

Musk and Trump are viewed roughly the same by Americans, an AP-NORC poll finds
4 weeks ago

Musk and Trump are viewed roughly the same by Americans, an AP-NORC poll finds

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — Elon Musk, clad in tuxedo and black tie, took the stage at President-elect Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort shortly after the election with all the swagger of the winning candidate himself. Musk, whose net worth tops $400 billion, oversees six businesses while continuing to work closely with Trump: electric car manufacturer Tesla, the X social media platform, space technology …

Elon Musk vows to summon MPs to the US 'to explain censorship and threats to American citizens': Billionaire hits back at calls for him to testify in UK over X's role in summer riots
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Elon Musk vows to summon MPs to the US 'to explain censorship and threats to American citizens': Billionaire hits back at calls for him to testify in UK over X's role in summer riots

Daily Mail  

Elon Musk has hit back at a suggestion MPs could summon him to Britain to give evidence about X's role in promoting disinformation by threatening to ask them to come to the US to 'explain their censorship'. It comes as Labour peer Lord Mandelson, who is the frontrunner to be Britain's next ambassador to the US, urged Sir Keir to …

Trump's 'first buddy' is in deep you-know-what
1 month, 4 weeks ago

Trump's 'first buddy' is in deep you-know-what

Raw Story  

The two finalists to become Trump’s Treasury Secretary — the person will have a major hand in cutting taxes for the wealthy and raising tariffs so everyone pays more — are Howard Lutnick, who’s CEO of Cantor Fitzgerald and Trump’s co-transition chair, and Steven Bessent, the founder of the investment firm Key Square Capital Management. So Lutnick turned for help …

Elon Musk's secret peace talks with Iran: Billionaire's status as key Donald Trump associate confirmed with 'positive' talks
2 months ago

Elon Musk's secret peace talks with Iran: Billionaire's status as key Donald Trump associate confirmed with 'positive' talks

Daily Mail  

Elon Musk has met a leading Iranian official ahead of attempts by the incoming Donald Trump administration to calm tensions in the Middle East. The Tesla tycoon – appointed by the President-elect to lead a new US Department of Government Efficiency – spent more than an hour meeting Iran's ambassador to the UN, it was reported yesterday. It also comes …

'Guest who wouldn't leave': Elon Musk reportedly overstaying welcome at Mar-a-Lago
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2 months ago

'Guest who wouldn't leave': Elon Musk reportedly overstaying welcome at Mar-a-Lago

Raw Story  

Tech billionaire Elon Musk, who ran much of Donald Trump's voter outreach operation throughout the 2024 election through his super PAC, is reportedly spending so much time at the president-elect's South Florida country club that some of his aides are beginning to be unsettled by it, reported The Daily Beast on Monday. This comes after CNN's Kaitlan Collins reported, “While …

Euphoric over Trump victory, Musk calls Germany’s Scholz ‘a fool’ after his coalition collapses
2 months, 1 week ago

Euphoric over Trump victory, Musk calls Germany’s Scholz ‘a fool’ after his coalition collapses

Firstpost  

Musk’s remark comes as he basks in his recent influence over Donald Trump’s successful presidential campaign, which saw Trump reclaim the White House Billionaire Elon Musk took a swipe at German Chancellor Olaf Scholz on Thursday, calling him a “fool” following the collapse of Scholz’s three-party coalition government. In response to a social media post about the government’s disintegration, Musk …

Trump called Ukrainian President Zelenskyy, and brought Musk with him
2 months, 1 week ago

Trump called Ukrainian President Zelenskyy, and brought Musk with him

Salon  

Billionaire Elon Musk is already taking on a role in Donald Trump’s second term. The Tesla head and Trump benefactor reportedly joined in on a call between Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Wednesday. The president-elect’s conversation lasted roughly 25 minutes and included Musk, who reaffirmed his commitment to provide Starlink satellite internet service to Ukraine, per Axios. Trump …

Secretary of DOGE? Here’s what Elon Musk will do, if offered a position in Trump 2.0 White House
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2 months, 1 week ago

Secretary of DOGE? Here’s what Elon Musk will do, if offered a position in Trump 2.0 White House

Firstpost  

Trump even floated the idea of a special “government efficiency” commission, cleverly dubbed the DOGE, and offered Musk the top spot Elon Musk believes that the US government is drowning in overlapping agencies and tangled regulations, causing hidden but significant costs for ordinary people. If Donald Trump’s potential return to the White House includes a role for Musk, the billionaire …

Elon Musk has met with politicians from at least 13 different countries: Here’s what he has talked about
2 months, 3 weeks ago

Elon Musk has met with politicians from at least 13 different countries: Here’s what he has talked about

CNN  

New York CNN — Over the past three years, Elon Musk has met dozens of times with presidents, prime ministers, lawmakers, government officials and political candidates from around the world. “They’re going to the head of another state, basically, to make the commercial conditions better for their product, maybe to lobby on a certain point, but they don’t usually do …

The inconvenient truth about Trump and Musk’s bromance
2 months, 3 weeks ago

The inconvenient truth about Trump and Musk’s bromance

The Independent  

To borrow the question famously posed by the late Caroline Aherne in character as Mrs Merton: “What first attracted Donald Trump to the multi-billionaire Elon Musk?” And, indeed: “What first attracted Elon Musk to the next prospective president of the United States?” These are legitimate questions, and their implications should trouble anyone concerned about the future of democracy in the …

Elon Musk says he will attend Trump rally in Butler, Pennsylvania
3 months, 1 week ago

Elon Musk says he will attend Trump rally in Butler, Pennsylvania

Politico  

“I WILL BE GOING BACK TO BUTLER, PENNSYLVANIA, FOR A BIG AND BEAUTIFUL RALLY, HONORING THE SOUL OF OUR BELOVED FIREFIGHTING HERO, COREY, AND THOSE BRAVE PATRIOTS INJURED TWO WEEKS AGO,” Trump wrote on Truth Social on July 26. Not a moderate at all.” Musk’s transition into a major Trump surrogate stands in stark contrast to his past political views. …

DAILY MAIL COMMENT: Elon Musk is fanning the flames with civil war jibe
5 months, 1 week ago

DAILY MAIL COMMENT: Elon Musk is fanning the flames with civil war jibe

Daily Mail  

Instead of acting to remove inflammatory material from his social media site, Elon Musk seems determined to add to it. Not content with giving a platform to the likes of English Defence League founder Tommy Robinson, the Twitter/X owner now informs his 192 million followers that Britain is sliding towards an ‘inevitable’ civil war. Pictured: Elon Musk arrives at an …

Trump considering Elon Musk for advisory role in second administration
7 months, 2 weeks ago

Trump considering Elon Musk for advisory role in second administration

Salon  

Donald Trump is reportedly considering Elon Musk for an advisory role during a possible second term, deepening the already present ties between a new Trump administration and the nation’s wealthiest business owners. Per The Wall Street Journal, the pair correspond by cell phone multiple times per month and, according to people familiar with their talks, "the role hasn’t been fully …

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