In just one week, Donald Trump will be the President of the United States again. In this regard, all the statements of one of his closest supporters are extremely important. Elon Musk, the richest man in the world, this time is not targeting specific European countries, but the entire continent.
“Let’s make Europe great again” – these words, referring to the famous slogan of Donald Trump, were first popularized by Viktor Orbán. He even announced it as the official motto of the Hungarian Presidency of the Council of the European Union. Now the slogan “Make Europe Great Again” or MEGA for short has been adopted by Elon Musk, who has been extremely active in commenting on European politics in recent weeks.
“We are monitoring Musk’s actions very closely,” said Henna Virkkunen, EU commissioner for digital policy, in an interview with German media. He explains that the richest man in the world can say whatever he likes. The question is whether a point of view different from that of its owners has an equal chance of appearing on his X platform.
– The exaggerated reaction of European institutions or institutions of individual countries to Musk’s actions can only harm him in the world we live in, while many believe that traditional media have not fulfilled their role or they don’t fulfill themselves, they don’t care. many processes – noted Jacek Stawiski, host of the program “Horizont” on TVN24 BiS.
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Elon Musk proclaims that his website is an oasis of free speech, but he is accused of trying to establish the information monopoly he claims to be fighting against. – We have many newspapers, such as The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post and several others – and they decide what is important. This should not be the case. Musk says it’s the collective voice of the people that should decide what’s important.
After Musk endorsed Germany’s far-right party and interviewed its leader Alice Weidel, renowned American historian Timothy Snyder called the billionaire a threat to the free world. Snyder in “Die Welt” even compared Musk with Putin, writing: “Musk and Putin are trying to destroy the international order built on state sovereignty and human rights and instead build a private empire.”
European Commission takes a closer look at Elon Musk’s actions Maciej Sokołowski/Fakty o Świecie TVN24 BiS
Steve Bannon attacks Elon Musk
A week before the inauguration of Donald Trump, Elon Musk is being called a partner of the president and sometimes even a super-president. He openly criticizes foreign governments and does not hide his political sympathies.
– I think there is no limit. Like Donald Trump, he has no limits. Can anyone imagine that the president of the United States of America, a democratic power that was such a standard of freedom, rationalism and democracy, would talk about the need to join other countries? – notes Wojciech Mossibrodzki from WSB Merito University.
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Steve Bannon, Donald Trump’s former media adviser, says of Elon Musk: “He’s a really bad guy.” In an interview with the Italian newspaper “Corriere della Sera”, Steve Bannon also said that Musk’s only goal is to become a trillionaire and “he is a supporter of technofeudalism on a global scale”, that is, a new type of capitalist exploitation based on new technologies. .
Bannon may be jealous because Musk has clearly taken his place as Trump’s ideologue aide-de-camp, building the right-wing media empire under the president-elect’s patronage.
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