Elon’s European Invasion Is Pissing Off World Leaders

In the U.S., rightwing billionaire Elon Musk recently helped elect a conservative political leader (Donald Trump) by using his social media platform X to flood the internet with rightwing propaganda that made America’s liberals look like unhinged degenerates. Now, he appears to be attempting to do the same thing in Europe. However, in recent days, a number of European officials have criticized the billionaire and his flailing attempts to intervene in their nations’ politics.

On Monday, Keir Starmer, the prime minister of the United Kingdom, held a press conference in which he defended himself from ongoing attacks made by Musk, who has spent the last few weeks fanning the flames of a scandal that he claims is tied to Starmer. The scandal in question involves the phenomenon of “grooming gangs” in north England, which are said to be composed largely of perpetrators of South Asian or British Pakistani heritage. Starmer ran the Crown Prosecution Service, Britain’s chief justice department, at the time when the scandal broke, over a decade ago. Though there’s little evidence for his assertions, Musk has accused Starmer of misconduct in handling the case, and has said that he should “face charges for his complicity in the worst mass crime in the history of Britain.” The intent appears to be to use the scandal to tar the reputation of Starmer’s government and replace it with one that is more amenable to Musk’s interests.

During the press conference, Starmer hit back at the American billionaire, saying: “Child sexual exploitation is utterly sickening. For many years, too many victims have been completely let down. Those who are spreading lies and misinformation as far and as wide as possible are not interested in victims, they’re interested in themselves.” Starmer did not name Musk directly during his address, though his connection to the affair was obvious.

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