F U retard. If he uses the foul language that he reserves for some of his critics on X, Elon Musk will serve this reply to Emmanuel Macron following his speech at the annual conference of ambassadors at the Élysée. After denouncing the “unacceptable interference” of certain countries, including Russia, in the European elections, the French president pointed the finger at the billionaire entrepreneur and ally of Donald Trump, without however naming him.
“Ten years ago, if we had been told that the owner of one of the largest social networks in the world would support a new reactionary international movement and intervene directly in elections, including in Germany, who would have imagined it? “, he asked, referring to the support of the boss of X for the German far-right party, AfD.
President Macron could also have spoken about Musk’s interference in British politics. The Tesla co-founder on Sunday called for Nigel Farage to be replaced as head of Reform UK following their disagreements over far-right agitator Tommy Robinson. “He doesn’t have what it takes,” Musk wrote just hours after Farage called him a “hero” on the same platform.
“It’s a surprise! Elon is a remarkable person, but I’m afraid I disagree on that,” Farage replied on principles. »
Musk called for the release of Robinson, who was sentenced to 18 months in prison in late October for violating a 2021 court order, which barred him from repeating defamatory comments about a Syrian refugee. Very present on social networks, Robinson was notably accused of having fueled anti-immigrant violence in the United Kingdom last summer. Described as a “fascist brute” by some of his critics, the founder of the English Defense League is not his first stay in prison.
Speaking of Musk, Farage also wrote about X: “He considers Robinson one of the people who fought against the grooming gangs. But of course the truth is that Tommy Robinson is in prison not for that, but for contempt of court. »
L’expession grooming gangs refers to child crime networks which have hit the headlines in recent years, in Rotherham and Telford, and whose members were predominantly of Indo-Pakistani origin. Musk, who does not bother with the facts, took advantage of a renewed interest in these scandals to attack Labor Prime Minister Keir Stamer, who was responsible for public prosecutions for England and Wales, in 2013, when the first criminal proceedings against one of the child crime networks run mainly by British people of Pakistani origin were launched.
-The Monde puts things into perspective in this article and demonstrates that Stamer is unjustly accused of having turned a blind eye to these matters, no offense to Musk.
PS: The Prime Minister of Norway was also concerned about political interference from the richest man on the planet. “I find it worrying that a man with enormous access to social media and significant financial resources would be so directly involved in the internal affairs of other countries. This is not how things should be between democracies and allies,” Jonah Gahr Støre told public broadcaster NRK.
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