"The world is still reeling from the tech billionaire's little experiment in politicking last year. Musk's department of government efficiency (Doge) slashed federal jobs, dismantled foreign aid programmes and left a trail of chaos in its wake. It's not clear whether any taxpayer money was saved, but experts are warning a lot of lives will be lost. By one calculation, there could be about 14 million excess deaths across the globe by 2030 if the US fails to restore aid funding."
"Last August, a Gallup poll found he was the most unpopular person in a list of global figures. He also had a highly publicised fallout with Donald Trump last summer. As you may remember, Musk declared that he was going to start his own political party and Trump called his former first buddy a TRAIN WRECK. Musk also spent a lot of time trolling the president about the Epstein files."
"Over the weekend Musk, who seems to have suddenly lost interest in the Epstein files, posted a blurry photo on X of him dining with Donald and Melania at Mar-a-Lago. They'd all had a lovely dinner, he gushed in the post, adding: 2026 is going to be amazing! That dinner, by the way, took place shortly after the US captured the Venezuelan president Nicolas Maduro and his wife."
Elon Musk's involvement in politics produced aggressive institutional changes that slashed federal jobs and dismantled foreign aid programmes, creating widespread disruption. Experts warn those cuts could produce millions of excess deaths by 2030 if US aid funding is not restored. The political actions damaged Musk's public standing, with polls showing pronounced unpopularity and public fallout with Donald Trump. Musk alternated between accusing Trump over the Epstein files and later publicly dining with Trump and Melania, portraying optimism about 2026. The timing of the dinner coincided with a controversial US action in Venezuela, raising questions about motives.
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