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As if the new American President-elect, Donald Trump was not enough to handle for the world, now the world also has the tech czar Elon Musk, to deal with.
Musk, who seems to have been moulded from the same mould as that of Trump, is becoming an incessant irritation to global leaders and politicians, due to his social media barbs targeted at different countries.
This leads us to wonder, who gave Musk the right to criticise one and everyone? Being a tech czar does not entitle you to be the font of resentment on any global issue.
The latest Musk tirade was targeted against the British prime minister and King Charles III, whom he has advised to shutdown Parliament and call for a new election.
Elon Musk’s support for dissolving Parliament in the UK has led to backlash from officials, who criticised his understanding of local issues.
Apparently, the Tesla boss endorsed a social media post criticising the government’s handling of criminal gang investigations in Manchester. “In the UK, serious crimes such as rape require the Crown Prosecution Service’s approval for the police to charge suspects. Who was the head of the CPS when rape gangs were allowed to exploit young girls without facing justice? Keir Starmer, 2008 -2013,” Musk posted on his social media platform X on New Year’s Day.
“The King must step in. We can’t have Keir heading the country, while he was the one heading the Crown Prosecution Service [CPS] while all this was happening,” he added in the thread.
Musk’s involvement has obviously drawn expected criticism from the Labour Party. Responding to his comments, Health Secretary Wes Streeting said they were “misjudged and certainly misinformed.” Labour Minister Andrew Gwynne echoed the sentiment during an interview with LBC radio, “Elon........
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