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Elon Musk’s Pivot from Online Troll to Political Machinator

Elon Musk’s Pivot from Online Troll to Political Machinator

Update: 2024-08-141
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The New Yorker staff writer Jon Lee Anderson joins Tyler Foggatt to discuss how Elon Musk has once again found himself at the center of a geopolitical dustup—this time in Venezuela, where strongman Nicolas Maduro has accused Musk of hacking the nation’s electoral council. Although the allegations are unsubstantiated, Maduro’s worries about Musk meddling in the affairs of other countries “are not without foundation,” Anderson writes. His latest piece, “Elon Musk’s Surging Political Activism,” explores Musk’s metamorphosis into a geopolitical power broker. 


This week’s reading:

“Elon Musk’s Surging Political Activism,” by Jon Lee 



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Elon Musk’s Pivot from Online Troll to Political Machinator

Elon Musk’s Pivot from Online Troll to Political Machinator

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