The world’s richest man looks to move Canada to the right as the beleaguered prime minister prepares to depart

The decision by the Canadian prime minister, Justin Trudeau, this week to resign as head of the Liberal party has set in motion a leadership race against the backdrop of a looming general election, which will be held amid political turmoil triggered by Donald Trump’s “America first” economic nationalism. It has also given Tesla’s CEO, Elon Musk, an opportunity to inject himself into yet another country’s political turmoil.

Since Trudeau’s resignation on Monday, Musk has posted repeatedly about Canadian politics on X – the platform formerly known as Twitter he bought in 2022 for $44bn. He has praised clips of Pierre Poilievre, the leader of Canada’s Conservative party, while relishing in Trudeau’s downfall and engaging with rightwing Canadian influencers.

“Girl, you’re not the governor (sic) of Canada anymore, so doesn’t matter what you say,” Musk tweeted in response in the middle of the night on Tuesday.

  • prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone
    171·
    2 days ago

    The problem (well one of them) with billionaires, is that you can’t really “exile” them. They exist outside of national boundaries, and are sort of nations in and of themselves. This is why they don’t bother following the laws of the nation they reside in.

    I’m not sure it would even be possible to do this unless we could literally strip him of all of his wealth. Which I imagine would prove difficult (but I’m all for it).

    • surph_ninja@lemmy.world
      14·
      2 days ago

      The west sanctions oligarchs all of the time. The problem is they never sanction their own, because the rich own the politicians with the power to do it.