With just over three weeks until Donald Trump returns to the White House on January 20, a man is becoming central in American politics. Elon Musk, billionaire founder of Tesla and Space X, received the mission from the Republican to reduce state spending. Today, his influence seems ever more important with Donald Trumpwho knows that he might not have been elected without his help.
Across the Atlantic, it is considered visionary or a danger. Between his innovations, his controversies on X and his growing influence in politics, Elon Musk, who has become an essential character, leaves no one indifferent.
Some believe that his involvement in politics can only be beneficial for the United States. “Someone with his level of intelligence, it's never a bad thing to have your expertise in decisions that could help the country,” judges this American.
This rallying behind Donald Trump seems logical, for Emmanuel Botta, editor-in-chief of the magazine Capital. “Quite quickly, these successes as an entrepreneur are no longer enough for him. What he wants is to make history. And to make history, you have to go further. He sees himself as the equal of a head of state“, he believes.
Musk, the “new savior”?
However, it is far from unanimous. “I have a bit of a love-hate relationship with him. I love what he's doing to develop electric cars. But I don't like that he is so involved in politics“, confides an American woman.
“He is above all a businessmanwhile he focuses on that instead of getting involved in geopolitics and trying to transform the world in his image”, finally tackles another.
Elon Musk will therefore have a special place at the heart of the Trump administration, auguring ever greater influence on America and the rest of the world. “He clearly has an influence of Elon Musk on Donald Trump,” continues Emmanuel Botta. “Some say today that he is his first advisor. Which is worrying, because we are facing two people who have oversized egos,” which could make the creator of Tesla believe that he is the “new savior”. To the point of overshadowing the 47th President of the United States?
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