Musk Takes Slash-and-Burn Style to Europe After Bolstering Trump

Having successfully worked to get his candidate elected in the US, Elon Musk is setting his sights on Europe.

In a series of posts on his X platform in recent weeks, the billionaire backer of Donald Trump has honed in on Germany and the UK, criticized the respective governments, questioned laws they’ve enacted and cast doubt on their economic competence.

He’s personally insulted each country’s political leader, calling Chancellor Olaf Scholz a “fool,” Germany’s president a “tyrant” and accusing Prime Minister Keir Starmer of being “complicit in the rape of Britain.” He’s embraced misinformation and conspiracy theories, skipping over the mainstream opposition to give his backing to the far-right as champions of “political realism.”

It’s far from clear what his motivations may be in trashing relations with core US allies in fellow Group of Seven nations where he has significant business interests, still less his ability to effect the change he demands.

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