US done. Europe next? Elon Musk drives into US foreign policy
Elon Musk, also the owner of social media platform X, is now driving a coach and horses through US foreign affairs. His views, often provocative, are now associated with the incoming US government's for him being a close aide of President-elect Donald Trump as well as holding influence on key policy issues. Trump has announced Musk will head DOGE (Department of Government Efficiency) to cut government's wasteful spending. With an outsized influence on Trump, Musk's provocative posts on leaders of other countries are no longer being seen as views of a maverick businessman and innovator but of the incoming administration.
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Musk called for fresh UK elections in the latest sign of how Trump’s incoming US administration could be a thorn in the side of Keir Starmer’s government. Musk made a string of posts on X, criticizing UK policy. He questioned Starmer’s record as Britain’s Director of Public Prosecutions before entering politics, called for the release from prison of the far-right agitator Tommy Robinson, whose real name is Stephen Yaxley-Lennon, and said that “only” Nigel Farage’s Reform UK party can “save” Britain.
Two days ago, Musk tweeted about the Rotherham grooming scandal, saying: “So many people at all levels of power in the UK need to be in prison for
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