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Elon Musk’s Jewish problem
The world’s richest man has adopted an approach to Jews informed and augmented by the far-right, with seemingly contradictory positions that are more consistent than they at first appear.
Elon Musk's father slammed claims that his son performed a "Nazi salute" after Donald Trump's inauguration at the celebratory rally in the Capital One Arena, instead claiming it was a gesture to show
In a since-deleted Substack post, a member of Elon Musk's team praised an essay by Ron Unz—who has called the Holocaust potentially a "hoax" and said Trayvon Martin was "a violent young thug."
Musk’s virtual appearance at an AfD rally closely followed his delivery of what some saw as a Nazi salute at a Trump event. Days after stoking controversy by delivering what some believed to be ...
Comedian Bill Burr said his X account was flagged after he said on his podcast a few weeks ago that Elon Musk had “lost his fucking mind.” Burr said he made fun of Musk, who owns X, on his podcast for “seig heiling” during an inaugural celebration for President Donald Trump.
One of the party’s most vocal supporters is Musk, the head of the American Department of Government Efficiency. Not only did Musk call to personally congratulate the AfD Chancellor Alice Weidel after the election, but he has been an avid supporter of the party in the months leading up to the election.
Rubio had decreed that certain critical programs—such as aid to Ukraine and Syria and costs related to the PEPFAR program to combat HIV in Africa—would continue to be funded. Several times, USAID managers prepared packages of these payments and got the agency’s interim leaders to sign off on them with support from the White House.
VA Dem slams DOGE fans, compares job cuts to the Holocaust: ‘First they came for the Jews,’” with the subtitle, “Del. Joshua Cole of Fredericksburg cited Rev. Martin Niemöller’s confession.”
With every passing day, Elon Musk is becoming an aspirational leader of a far-right movement that is rising across the democratic West.