In recent weeks, Musk has also weighed in on Canada and Germany’s political fights, elevating far-right figures in those countries. Musk’s approach, The Washington Post noted, is “similar to the one he used to disrupt American politics ” last year,

There's no doubt that Elon Musk, the richest man in the world and live-in best friend of the US president-elect, must be a busy man - even before a Tesla truck exploded at the entrance to the Trump hotel in Las Vegas on 1 January.