Elon Musk says he backs ‘normal people’ when asked about support for ‘far right’

Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk is pushing back on the idea that he supports the “far right,” quipping in a recent interview that he backs “normal people” and slamming the media for its coverage of conservatives.

In an interview published by The Economist Thursday, editor-in-chief Zanny Minton Beddoes suggested Musk “supports not just the populist right, but the far right — in fact, very fringe parties in some countries.”

Musk, a former ally and adviser to President Trump, interjected, saying, “No, I support the normal people. What you call the far right, falsely.”

“Literally, you could go back 10 or 15 years and these policies were completely normal,” the tech mogul continued.

Beddoes said she agrees that “the center of gravity in this country has shifted, certainly the Democratic Party shifted to the left, but that’s not what I’m talking about.”

She said she was discussing figures such as........

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