“I imagine the other billionaires are pretty angry with Elon. Usually you try to exert your influence behind the scenes.
James Balljournalist and author of The Other Pandemic: How QAnon Contaminate the World, speaks to Michel Safi on the political influence of Elon Musk. They discuss Musk’s evolving political views, his support for Donald Trump, and his new role in the White House.
“He is poised to oversee, essentially, the American regulatory state. It could decide which regulators will be appointed, which regulations will remain, which will be abolished. If you are the richest man in the world, the financial return on your new job is impossible to measure.”
In recent months, Musk has turned his megaphone towards the politics of the United Kingdom and Germany. How should politicians handle the insults directed at them by Musk via his social platform X?
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz suggested: “Don’t feed the trolls. »
