CCongratulations to Elon Musk, a genius of truly galactic proportions, who recently made what could be the world’s healthiest investment. A tech billionaire spent more than $277m Donald Trump’s lawyer, along with many other Republican candidates in the election – and a quarter of a million investment paid well. The Museum’s net worth has increased by 77% since Trump’s victory, and now exceeds $400bn (£315bn); according to a recent estimate from Bloombergand he was the first man ever to officially reach such a milestone. However, in just two years, Musk’s current fortune can look like a chump change: the man on track to become the world’s first trillionaire. by 2027.
How did he get so rich quick? Well, if you want to be diplomatic about it; as it was CNNyou can say something like “Partnership with president-elect Donald Trump has pushed its brave people to the front.” But the more correct answer is that everyone knows that Trump’s incoming administration is the beginning of the administration. While it seems highly unlikely that the tax money will be poured into Musk’s various companies, the value of those companies has been released. Its kind of like the SpaceX rockets – one of which exploded so violently earlier this year that by splitting a hole in the ionosphere. Is that bad? Ion.
Although Musk has long been obscenely rich, it’s worth stopping to think about how obscene it is that one man is now worth around $440bn when 783 million people (one in 11 people globally) will starve in 2023. I don’t need lectures on liquidity, thank you: I know Musk doesn’t have billions in his Scrooge McDuck-style pool of money, and his fortune is very empty. profit But in the world where inequality rocketedIt is still a bad money. Especially since Musk seems intent on spending as much of his money getting to Mars as improving life on Earth.
You may remember that a few years ago he promised to sell $6bn of Tesla stock and donate it to the World Food Program (WFP) in order to save 42 million people “from starvation” if the WFP shared a plan on how the money was spent. The WFP dutifully published the plan a few days later; He ignored the mosquito. He did, however, donate a few billion to his foundation.
Of course, Musk doesn’t give a damn Cybertruck what do you want me to think about him? Despite all the broken promises, the report has been pretty bulletproof over the years. He has an army of fanboys who see him as a super-successful visionary whose mountains of money are justified because 1) he “deserves” it and 2) he wants to use his fortune to change the world. Like Trump, Musk could also position himself as the epitome of anti-establishment resistance against the powers that be.
But Musk’s whole anti-schick establishment is harder to pull off now that he’s moved his way into the heart of power. His billions might look a little different now that he’s telling Americans to pay for “time to work because of all the spending cuts that the Trump administration is going to implement. Especially since Musk doesn’t have the charisma that Trump has: The incoming president is a showman, while Musk is an awkward clown.
There have already been some interesting anti-Moscow noises from groups that usually adore him. Earlier this month, Bryce Mitchell, a mixed martial arts fighter, went on a rampage in which he called Musk a “musk bastard” who only cared about himself and spent his money. valley pure than to help the people. “Time will always reveal someone’s true character; and if you put him in command, his true character will be revealed,” declared Mania. Now, Mitchell has some odd beliefs — he once said “gravity isn’t real” — but he feels right about it.
Musk was able to get away with a lot when he was able to position himself as some kind of renegade building fan. Sometimes he makes decisions that affect people’s daily routines, but the public can start to get sick of his shenanigans. And Trumpet himselfto note, the signs are bad for Musk. Let the man’s space be careful not to allow his new and found state to his head. All that power can make you a little dizzy.