It’s not inconceivable that the world’s richest man might have more than a few ties to top politicians, but Elon Musk is investing himself so intensely in the political world that analysts are now wondering whether any There is a big plan.
Last week, Elon Musk created history by breaking his own previous record and became the first person with a net worth of more than $400 billion. In just six days, they have added almost $100 billion ($86 billion) and are approaching the $500 billion mark. Over the past year, Musk has added $257 billion to his net worth – which is $7 billion more than the net worth of Jeff Bezos, the second richest person globally.
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But Musk is not only riding the high wave when it comes to business, he is now doing the same in geopolitics. After joining the Trump Administration 2.0, Elon Musk finds himself immersed in the world of politics. Although he was deeply involved with Donald Trump’s campaign and is partially credited for the latter’s victory in the US elections, he is now supporting leaders outside the United States – or rather, influencing them. Are doing.
America’s work completed, Musk’s eyes on Britain
From supporting one firebrand leader to now supporting another – this time in the UK – Elon Musk has had a wide-ranging conversation with anti-immigration hardline Nigel Farage. The discussion between the two largely focused on Musk’s funding of Farage’s far-right party ‘Reform UK’.
Elon Musk, who now independently uses Donald Trump’s Florida resort estate-cum-residence, Mar-a-Lago, as his political office, invited Nigel Farage for a meeting earlier this week Was.
Writing about it in the British daily The Telegraph, Mr Faraz confirmed that “the issue of money was discussed”, although by the end of that meeting the two could not agree on the amount involved. “Talks will continue on that issue,” Mr Faraz said.
Sharing details about the meeting, which will surely raise eyebrows in the offices of Britain’s two main political parties – the Labor Party, which is now in government, and the Conservative Party, which is currently the opposition – Mr Farage said both parties Mentioned about Elon Musk’s disdain for. He said Musk “depicted the Labor and Conservative parties as one-party system, and left us (the Reform Party) in no doubt that he was behind us.”
In his article Mr Farage also mentioned that he aims to learn from Elon Musk’s cash stimulus to encourage people to vote – a strategy that worked for Donald Trump’s Republican Party during the US elections. Mr Faraz said that “I have come home with copious notes on how they increased turnout, voter registration and much more, and all this I intend to implement as part of the professionalisation of our party.”
Elon Musk is reportedly considering making an initial donation of $100 million to Nigel Farage’s Reform Party. Speaking to the BBC, Mr Faraz said, “He wants to help us, he’s not against the idea of giving us money, provided we can do it legally through UK companies.”
It will be difficult for Mr Farage’s party to even think about winning a general election in Britain. In the most recent elections held this year, the Reform Party won just five seats in the 650-seat UK Parliament. However, its score is impressive in terms of vote share, which is 14 percent of the total votes polled. Mr Faraz hopes that with Musk’s support – moral and financial – his party can do the unthinkable.
Concluding his article, Mr Faraz wrote, “It is a pleasure to hear Elon speak so deeply about Britain’s politics. He recognizes that the mother country of the English-speaking world is in deep trouble.”
After their meeting, Mr Farage wrote on Musk’s social media platform X that “”Britain needs reform”, to which Elon Musk quickly replied “Absolutely”.
Absolutely
– Elon Musk (@elonmusk) 17 December 2024
Elon Musk calls with Ukraine’s Zelensky
Last month Elon Musk was with Donald Trump at the president-elect’s residence and luxury resort Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach, Florida, when Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky spoke by phone.
During the phone call, Donald Trump reportedly handed the phone to Elon Musk and reportedly asked the SpaceX founder to join the call with President Zelensky.
Elon Musk then assured President Zelensky that he would continue to help Ukraine through his Starlink satellite constellation. Since the Russian invasion in 2022, Elon Musk’s Starlink satellite system has provided Ukraine with significant forward-looking benefits by allowing its armed forces to share real-time drone coordinates, data and footage between units. It also provided Ukrainian military communications assistance in areas where mobile phone networks were destroyed.
Friendship with Argentina’s Javier Millei
Argentinian President Javier Mili was reportedly one of the few world leaders invited to Donald Trump’s swearing-in ceremony on January 20, 2025 – an invitation he has reportedly accepted. Elon Musk has been a very strong supporter of President Miley.
In fact, according to a New York Times report, in a video uploaded by Elon Musk to the social media platform X, the tech billionaire claimed that watching President Miley’s speech was “better than having sex.”
When the news of Elon Musk’s election victory was confirmed, he also met President Miley. “Prosperity lies ahead for Argentina,” Musk wrote in a post on X before that meeting.
It should be noted that Argentina has large reserves of lithium, which is important for Elon Musk’s EV company Tesla.
According to a CNN report, Elon Musk is in talks with at least a dozen other world leaders – for geopolitical reasons as well as trade.
Only time will tell whether Elon Musk’s political reach will be limited to merely pulling a few strings, or it will result in him taking the reins in his hands in a way that could restructure global politics.
