2025-01-01 11:03:24

‘Trump is a little guy, Musk is a big guy’: historian predicts trouble for president-elect

Timothy Snyder says world’s richest man is likely to exert uncomfortable influence over White HouseAllies and aides to Donald Trump should be increasingly concerned by Elon Musk’s proximity to and influence on the US president-elect, the Yale historian and bestselling author Timothy Snyder said.“Trump is a little guy, and Musk is a big guy when it actually comes to having money,” Snyder said. “And I think if you were a friend of Trump, you would be worried.” Continue reading...
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