Elon Musk has stated the UK Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer ought to go to jail and known as the German Chancellor Olaf Scholz a “idiot”. Because the world’s richest man, proprietor of X and a soon-to–be US authorities official, why is Musk getting concerned in European politics? And what does he need from Donald Trump and his second presidency?
On this episode of the America Fourcast, Matt Frei is joined by Albert Eisenberg, a political strategist who runs the messaging agency BlueStateRed, and Joan Donovan, assistant professor of journalism at Boston College to debate if Elon Musk is nice for democracy and whether or not Donald Trump can rein him in.