The richest man on the earth has already been given a major place within the administration of the longer term president of the US. He has been invited to steer a government-efficiency drive, attend transition conferences, and even play golf with the subsequent commander-in-chief.
However it seems to be like Elon Musk doesn’t need to cease there, as he has now set his eyes on the UK.
He additionally stated that the pc tycoon was “totally, totally behind us” and that he’s a key funder and backer of Mr Trump’s re-election marketing campaign.
“He needs to assist us, he isn’t against the thought of giving us cash, offered we are able to do it legally by way of UK firms,” he acknowledged.
In 2024, Mr Musk developed a eager curiosity in UK politics, significantly after the riots that happened triggered by the Southport killings.
Right here’s a rundown of all the pieces the 53-year-old has stated concerning the UK.
August 2024 – ‘Two-tier policing’
British politicians have lengthy criticised Mr Musk, the proprietor of X, for not toughening controls on the platform’s on-line content material, particularly that which is accessible to kids, and for permitting far-right figures again on to his social media platform.
Mr Musk first declared on X {that a} civil struggle within the UK was “inevitable” and, when extra rioters had been imprisoned for inciting violence on social media, he grew more and more involved concerning the Authorities’s actions.
In one other tweet, the Prime Minister was referred to by Mr Musk as a “two-tier Keir” in reference to the conspiracy idea that police are treating white far-right “protesters” worse than ethnic teams.
September 2024 – “I don’t suppose anybody ought to go to the UK”
The BBC then revealed that Mr Musk’s feedback concerning the riots had been the explanation he wouldn’t be invited to the UK investment summit, which was held to point out the Authorities’s dedication to drawing in international buyers.
The Authorities made a separate determination to release some inmates early as a way to alleviate jail congestion, to which Mr Musk gave his opinion.
He tweeted: “I don’t suppose anybody ought to go to the UK once they’re releasing convicted pedophiles as a way to imprison individuals for social media posts.”
October 2024 – “we must always educate concern of childlessness”
Mr Musk, who earlier this 12 months turned a father or mother for the twelfth time, has repeatedly expressed fear over the world’s underpopulation.
After a Swedish journalist tweeted that start charges within the UK and Sweden are at their lowest since records began, he proposed that moderately than portraying being pregnant as an sickness, nations ought to focus extra on the social points brought on by childlessness.
The criticism of the UK Authorities has continued.
In his most up-to-date assault, Mr Musk reacted to a submit regarding a broadly shared on-line petition that demanded an emergency general election.
Mr Musk stated: “The individuals of Britain have had sufficient of a tyrannical police state.”
The entrepreneur shared a graph illustrating Sir Keir’s deteriorating approval rankings the day earlier than, together with the remark, “The voice of the individuals is a superb antidote.”
November 2024 – UK goes “full Stalin”
Mr Musk endured in his criticism of the British authorities, saying that it had gone “full Stalin” by elevating the inheritance tax on farms valued at greater than £1m.
The heirs of farms valued at greater than £1m might be topic to an inheritance tax charge of 20 per cent on account of the reforms, which take impact in April 2026.
Fewer than 500 farms yearly are anticipated to be impacted, in accordance with the British Treasury, which additionally notes that the levy is half of what different individuals who pay inheritance tax pay.
Mr Musk instantly referenced the Soviet tyrant of the twentieth century, Josef Stalin, who carried out a merciless coverage of farm collectivisation that resulted in large famine.
He shared a narrative from the Guardian on inheritance tax and wrote on X: “Britain goes full Stalin”.
