The Tesla billionaire has left Germany furious after suggesting they need to get over their past guilt about the Nazis.
The erratic tech billionaire made a gesture that seemed to many like a fascist salute - but when Elon Musk posted the clip on X/Twitter there was something different
Elon Musk endorsed Germany's AfD party through a virtual address, calling them "the best hope for the future of Germany" before crucial elections. His
Musk has enthusiastically backed AfD, an anti-immigrant party accused of minimizing Nazi crimes and using Nazi slogans.
The assembly of billionaires at Trump's inauguration was a display of wealth and power unlike any before. The display was all the more remarkable given how recently many in tech were politically naive or apathetic.
But I think the other 50 percent of the MAGA realm’s internal conflict, the part that reflects genuine and serious disagreement over ideological visions and political outcomes, is important too, and has global consequences well beyond the scope of the Trump presidency.
It was an eye-popping crack in the Donald/Elon bromance, which is being watched closely now that Trump has given Musk the power to roam the West Wing, where he is working out of an office on the second floor, and take a hatchet to government.
I would prefer to stay out of politics,” Elon Musk told his followers in 2021, on the platform then known as Twitter. Plenty has changed since then. The world’s richest man appears to have a new goal: upending Europe.
The three wealthiest Americans, Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos and Mark Zuckerberg, sat together Monday at the second inauguration of President Donald Trump.
Several of the tech moguls also joined a small prayer service this morning at St. John’s Episcopal Church. Later, they blended in with the Trump clan directly behind the incoming president as he officially assumed power just after noon,
Some of the most exclusive seats at President Donald Trump’s inauguration were reserved for powerful tech CEOs who also are among the world’s richest men.
Once upon a time, the ultimate aspiration of the ultra-wealthy was to accumulate enough “F-you money” to operate above societal constraints.