Although his understanding of the European continent and its constituent states is limited at best, this does not prevent the world’s richest man from intervening in the internal affairs of some of them and attacking the EU itself. Ta.
Here’s a quick look at some of the occasions on which X owner Elon Musk has used his position as owner of the world’s largest social media platform to interfere in the internal affairs of sovereign democracies outside the United States. Look.
England
Keir Starmer’s seemingly smooth relationship with his star predecessor Rishi Sunak quickly turned into a very different situation after the Labor leader became prime minister in the wake of Britain’s far-right summer riots. fell into.
Musk has variously claimed that the UK is a “tyrannical police state”, called Starmer a “two-tier policy” over allegations of judicial discrimination against right-wingers, and accused Britain of “totally Stalinizing” new agricultural inheritance tax rules. ”
Prime Minister calls on King Charles to dissolve parliament, says Starmer is ‘absolutely despicable’ and ‘deeply complicit in mass rape in exchange for votes’ Starmer should be jailed for his alleged role in grooming gang scandal He claimed that.
Mr Musk’s increasingly erratic comments have targeted Security Minister Jess Phillips and even Britain’s Reform Party leader Nigel Farage, saying he “doesn’t have what it takes”. said Tommy Robinson, apparently because he refused to praise far-right activists.
Germany
A few weeks before the general election, Mr. Musk was incensed by comments he made on X about the far-right Alternative for Germany party’s claim that “only the AfD can save Germany,” and then went on to criticize Welt.・An editorial in Am Sonntag called the call “obviously false.” extreme party.
He also called Social Democratic Party Chancellor Olaf Scholz a “stupid” and President Frank-Walter Steinmeier an “anti-democratic tyrant.” “The rule is, you don’t feed the trolls,” Scholz replied.
Last week, the X owner hosted a livestream on the platform with Alice Weidel, in which he praised the anti-immigrant and pro-Kremlin AfD co-leader and reiterated his claim that the party is Germany’s only hope. However, Weidel said that Adolf Hitler was. Communist.
EU
The bloc’s digital rulebook is a threat to Musk’s business interests, and the billionaire has frequently attacked Brussels and the European Commission, which has already announced that Company Weidel’s livestream will be carefully investigated.
After outgoing commission Vice-President Vera Jourova spoke to digital newspaper Politico, she said Musk was “incapable of recognizing right from wrong” and described him as “the epitome of banal, bureaucratic evil.” He sparred with former commissioner Thierry Breton as well. When Breton, DSA’s chief architect, criticized Musk’s support for the AfD as “the very definition of foreign interference,” Musk responded: ”.
Musk also called the incoming commission “undemocratic” in November, saying the European Parliament, which votes on members and co-determines EU law, “should vote directly on issues and cede powers to the EU Commission.” It shouldn’t be done,” he added.
other places
Musk has supported Donald Trump’s Greenland plan, and said that after Romania’s Supreme Court halted the presidential election based on evidence of foreign interference, he said, “Judges should stop the election. “What can I do to avoid being seen as a dictator?”
He has also intervened in Ireland, claiming “Irish people are standing up for themselves” in a post inspired by an anti-immigration rally in Dublin, and launching a legal challenge to a planned hate speech bill. Promised to use X to fund the claim.
