A Dark MAGA Star is Born

Democracy's Elon Musk problem.

Nov 06, 2024

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This piece about Musk, which originally ran in the LA Times, is a bit harrowing. It is not gentle because he isn’t gentle. Please skip this one if it’s not for you today.

Elon Musk wearing a cap and shouting into a microphone at a podium with a Trump-Vance sign

“A star is born — Elon!” Donald Trump shouted early Wednesday morning, giving thanks to Elon Musk for helping him win the presidential election.

When you’re a star, they let you do it, as Trump once said, speaking of mauling women.

Now Trump and Musk, self-styled stars, are a match made in some kind of Book-of-Revelation living nightmare. With Trump’s victory, the duo seem to have put themselves safely out of the reach of the law.

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