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Trump fills his government with billionaires after running on a working-class message

January 29, 2025 admin

World’s richest man, Elon Musk, is overseeing a new Department of Government Efficiency under Trump administration. | Photo Credit: REUTERS U.S. President Donald Trump’s brash populism has always involved incongruence: the billionaire businessman-politician stirring the passions of millions who, regardless of the U.S. economy’s trajectory, could never afford to live in his Manhattan skyscraper or…

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Musk Says Trump Has Asked SpaceX To Bring “Stranded” Sunita Williams Home

January 29, 2025 admin

Washington DC: Billionaire Elon Musk on Tuesday (local time) said that US President Donald Trump had asked him to facilitate the return of the two Boeing Starliner astronauts Sunita Williams and Butch Wilmore, who have been on the space station since June 2024, as soon as possible. The SpaceX CEO claimed that it was “terrible”…

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Elon Musk’s Right-Wing Support In Europe Is “Disgusting”: German Chancellor

January 28, 2025 admin

Berlin: German Chancellor Olaf Scholz on Tuesday sharply criticized Elon Musk’s backing of the right-wing parties in the European Union, calling it “really disgusting” and said it was hindering democracy in the bloc. The U.S. billionaire and ally of U.S. President Donald Trump has multiple times attacked the chancellor and his government, calling on him…

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Netanyahu Defends “Great Friend” Elon Musk Over Salute Row

January 23, 2025 admin

Jerusalem: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said billionaire tech mogul Elon Musk was being “falsely smeared” in a row over a gesture he made at Donald Trump’s inauguration that critics described as a Nazi salute. “Elon is a great friend of Israel,” Netanyahu posted on X, the social media site owned by Musk. The billionaire,…

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Musk Calls To “Defund” Wikipedia After His Gesture Compared To Nazi Salute

January 23, 2025 admin

Washington, United States: The gesture was controversial enough, but now come the sub-controversies: Elon Musk is trolling Wikipedia and encouraging its defunding after a description of his recent flourish, seen by some as a Hitler salute, appeared on the encyclopedic website. The fight pits two of the internet’s best-known tech giants against each other —…

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Elon Musk’s Transgender Daughter Reacts To “Nazi Salute” Claims

January 23, 2025 admin

Elon Musk’s estranged transgender daughter Vivian Jenna Wilson, launched a subtle yet scathing attack on him after the billionaire allegedly made a “Nazi salute” during President Donald Trump’s inauguration rally. The 21-year-old, who legally changed her name and gender at the age of 18 and disowned Mr Musk, did not name him but heavily hinted…

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Elon Musk And The Narratives Of Decadence That Link All Anti-Democratic Movements

January 21, 2025 admin

“It’s the birthrates. It’s the birthrates. It’s the birthrates,” echoed the introduction line in the manifesto of the Christchurch shooter who killed 51 people in a mosque in 2019. His claim was that white people are being “replaced” by other races and won’t survive without action. A few years later, the same obsession with birth…

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After Musk-Ambani Tussle, India Bets Satellite Spectrum Policy Can Attract Many Companies

January 20, 2025 admin

New Delhi: India’s decision to allocate satellite spectrum, rather than auction it, will give consumers more choice, the telecoms minister said on Monday, playing down concern by Mukesh Ambani’s Reliance Jio that it could lose out to Elon Musk’s Starlink. Starlink has long wanted to launch in India and has in recent months clashed with…

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Watch: Donald Trump’s final speech before inauguration

January 20, 2025 admin

Watch: Donald Trump’s final speech before inauguration Donald Trump Inauguration Day: When and where to watch On the eve of his inauguration, US President-elect Donald Trump held a final rally to celebrate his election victory, proclaiming to the crowd, “We won,” as they rejoiced in his return to the White House. Supporters filled nearly all…

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How Elon Musk Is Elevating Trump’s Foreign Policy Of Deliberate Disruption

January 17, 2025 admin

Donald Trump’s first term gave the world a taste of deliberately disruptive unwanted involvement in the domestic affairs of other countries, with examples ranging from Britain in the throes of Brexit to North Korea where the 45th US president attempted to forge a personal deal with Kim Jung-Un. US tech billionaire Elon Musk, however, has…

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