WASHINGTON, D.C. — He demanded new elections in the United Kingdom, promoted Germany's far-right, blasted the European Commission — and that's just the beginning. Elon Musk is pushing the hard right in Europe, where progressives are grappling with how, or even whether, to contain him.
The interventions by the world's wealthiest man — who also owns one of the planet's largest megaphones, social media platform X, formerly Twitter — have already seen him secure unprecedented influence, thanks to his proximity to United States President-elect Donald Trump.