On his Substack, Eric Zuesse discusses the power Elon Musk, the world’s wealthiest man, holds over politics and his relationship with President Donald Trump. Zuesse writes:

Of course, in 2024, Musk donated to Trump’s re-election campaign and Republicans in Congress $291,482,587, which beat even the prior all-time record of Miriam and Sheldon Adelson’s $218,168,500 in the 2020 contests, and both of those billionaires (the trillionaire Musk and the $35-billionaire Adelson) have an immense impact upon Trump’s policies. Soon, when Friday, June 19th, comes and the end of America’s war to conquer Iran (that conquest being Miriam’s top goal in life — Sheldon now is dead) either comes or doesn’t come, we might then know the extent to which Trump still feels obligated to subordinate America’s policies to Israel’s policies — as both Trump and Biden have been doing. However, there is no question nor indication yet that Trump goes against Musk’s policies.

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