Why ludicrous Trump, Musk waltz reeks of fresh cultural imperialism

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Elon Musk speaks next to US President Donald Trump in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, US on February 11, 2025.

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Since during the two months or so of the presidential campaign in the US, it was clear Elon Musk was eager to get close to candidate Donald Trump and was doing everything to ingratiate himself to the future president.

There was something about his overstated exuberance and enthusiasm displayed at some of the rallies that some people put down to an understandable juvenile abandon of a young man who had finally found a political cause he could identify with and openly support, wholeheartedly and without reservation.