The interventions of the richest man in the world – who also owns one of the biggest megaphones on the planet, the social network X – have already allowed him to acquire unprecedented influence thanks to his proximity to the president-elect American Donald Trump.
Now the ever-more powerful head of Tesla and SpaceX is turning his sights to Europe, where many governments are already grappling with the rise of populism and the far right.
“(Keir) Starmer must go and he must face charges for his complicity in the worst mass crime in British history,” the multi-billionaire said recently.
He was referring to the British prime minister’s time as chief prosecutor in England and Wales, which coincided with a child manipulation scandal – in articles about it repeatedly on Friday.