How Elon Musk became the most powerful unelected man in the world

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

69% : DJT.'It all adds up to a remarkable turnaround in the relationship between the two men given that, in 2022, Musk told Trump to 'hang up his hat and sail into the sunset'.
58% : Rather less successfully, he clashed with anti-immigration MAGA supporters and their determination to 'protect Americans' jobs' over his backing for continuing to give US worker visas to skilled foreigners needed to fill senior jobs in Silicon Valley.
55% : It was revealed this week that, since Donald Trump won the presidential election in November, the billionaire owner of Tesla, SpaceX and X (formerly Twitter) has been staying at a $2,000-a-night cottage in the grounds of Mar-a-Lago, Trump's private club and main residence in Florida.
54% : Elon Musk and Donald Trump put on a chummy display in October during the presidential campaign
51% : But he has expressed support for anti-immigration parties across Europe.
46% : When are you coming to the 'Centre of the Universe' Mar-a-Lago,' wrote Trump.
46% : In fact, Musk thinks it's time for anti-immigration parties across Europe to take power - and he's never afraid to say so.
45% : Musk himself, says Trump, will co-head a new Department of Government Efficiency - whose acronym, Doge, is an adolescent nod to Musk's favourite cryptocurrency Dogecoin - that will be responsible for cutting spending, wastage and red tape.
34% : He later followed up with an attack on Starmer, accusing him of failing to prosecute child rapists in Oldham and Greater Manchester when he was Director of Public Prosecutions.
25% : In a rare defeat, Musk - who had initially pledged to go to 'war' over the issue - later admitted the visas in question were 'broken' and proposed reforming the system, even though Trump sided with him.
15% : He has long loved to sound off about political issues on social media but, thanks largely to his relationship with Trump, what he has to say can no longer be dismissed as the deranged ramblings of an inveterate keyboard 'troll'.Politicians, corporations and countries around the world nowadays feel torn about how to respond to his attacks, fearing they risk offending Trump.

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