Category: Elon Musk

Cherry-red Tesla Roadster was launched in 2018 during SpaceX Falcon Heavy’s inaugural flight
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Newly discovered 'asteroid' near Earth turns out to be Elon Musk's car – The Independent

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz took an opportunity on the campaign trail Tuesday to criticize Elon Musk, telling CNN that the US billionaire “is intervening in favor of right-wing politicians all over Europe. And this is really disgusting”.

Ahead of Germany’s February election, Musk has been controversially inserting himself into the German election campaign in favor of the far-right party, the Alternative for Germany (AfD).

Speaking to CNN, […]
Elon Musk's support of right-wing parties 'is really disgusting,' German Chancellor tells CNN

It’s not a secret that Elon Musk embraces fascist and reactionary political movements. He makes no attempt to hide his political leanings. Musk’s support not just for Trump, but also for the German neo-Nazi party, Alternative for Deutschland or AfD, is open and widely covered in the mainstream press. Musk also financially supports the British Reform Party, another fascist European political party with a deeply anti-immigrant platform.
In recent years, Musk has become a key public figure in […]
Nazi billionaires: Fascism in the Elon Musk family tree – MR Online

Elon Musk has promised to take a blowtorch to federal programs in the name of government efficiency, but his fledgling policy chops threaten to undermine his ambitions, lawmakers and other observers say.
President Donald Trump had originally tasked the 53-year-old billionaire and others with slashing spending, regulations and the federal workforce as the leader of the newfound Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE).
That mission changed somewhat last week with Trump’s formal […]
Elon Musk is still learning Congress. That could thwart DOGE. – E&E News by POLITICO