Elon Musk
South Africa
America
co-president
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Elon Reeve Musk is a businessman and entrepreneur known for his leadership of Tesla, SpaceX, X, and xAI. Musk has been the wealthiest person in the world since 2025; as of April 2026, Forbes estimates his net worth to be US$809 billion.
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Aug 6, 2026
Far Left
Musk is a central target of Gil Durán's 'tech fascist' critique, and a four-tonne chunk of a discarded SpaceX rocket reportedly crashed in the same news window.
For the radical left, Musk embodies unaccountable billionaire power, from platform censorship and union-busting to space debris that pollutes the commons.
Aug 4, 2026
Center
SpaceX released its first-ever earnings report, with investors focused on Musk's commentary and stock volatility.
Centrists are divided between his business competence and concerns about his political activism and unpredictability.
Aug 3, 2026
Lean Right
Musk said the US needs a new political party and separately said SpaceX will not decommission Dragon.
Likud is wary because a Musk-led third party could split the Republican coalition that provides congressional backing for Israel.
Aug 3, 2026
Far Left
He is the subject of a Christopher Nolan piece about looking into his soul, with Stephen Miller also entering the scene.
Far left sees Musk as a billionaire oligarch using his fortune to buy political influence, with his closeness to the administration symbolizing the merger of corporate and state power.
Aug 2, 2026
Far Left
Called the Economist's editor a 'traitor to the west' after a confrontational interview, escalating his feud with the press.
Green and radical left readers see him as the face of unaccountable billionaire power using platform dominance to intimidate journalists and bend public discourse to his will.
Aug 2, 2026
Lean Right
Newsweek spotlighted Musk's business interests in China, where Tesla runs its largest factory and counts the country as its second-largest market.
Musk's China dependence embodies the crony capitalism the right distrusts, as corporate empires tied to Beijing invite political leverage and betrayal of Western interests.
Aug 2, 2026
Center
His business interests in China are being scrutinized because China is Tesla's second-largest market and home to its biggest factory.
Center/moderates want transparency about his entanglements, wary of letting private corporate power become a back channel in U.S.-China tensions.
Aug 1, 2026
Lean Right
Musk called for a new US political party and said SpaceX will not decommission the Dragon capsule.
His attacks on the American political establishment resonate with Likud supporters who want to break old elites, though he is not an Israeli political figure.
Jul 30, 2026
Lean Right
Musk said the US needs a new political party and that SpaceX will not decommission Dragon.
Likud views his comments as irrelevant to Israeli politics but notes his tech influence.
Jul 29, 2026
Center
Article about a full SpaceX IPO allocation raises questions about retail investor access and the advice given.
Centrists focused on market fairness and corporate governance note SpaceX's private valuation and the opacity of IPO allocations.