Macron, UK's Starmer, other European leaders swipe at Elon Musk

Tech billionaire Elon Musk is getting wide pushback in European capitals as he tries to extend his recent political success in other countries.

Tech billionaire Elon Musk is getting wide pushback in European capitals as he tries to extend his recent political success to the other side of the Atlantic Ocean. 

Leaders in four European countries — France, Germany, Norway and the United Kingdom — denounced his influence in separate statements Monday, warning that Musk, the Tesla and SpaceX CEO, should not involve himself in their countries’ politics. 

Musk, the world’s wealthiest person and a close ally of President-elect Donald Trump, has been on a social media rampage against various world leaders, posting relentlessly on his social media app, X, and trying to duplicate the influence he had on U.S. politics last year. On numerous occasions, Musk has boosted far-right candidates in various European countries with his social media posts. 

Musk’s message has proven divisive, and the resentment appeared to boil over Monday among leaders of some of Europe’s largest and most powerful countries. 

French President Emmanuel Macron, without naming Musk, took a swipe at him in an address in Paris about foreign policy. 

https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-news/elon-musk-macron-uk-politics-starmer-european-rcna186445

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