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{{See also|Conservative of the Year 2023}} - ''Musk finished in the top 6''.
[[File:Elon Musk Royal Society (crop2).jpg|thumbnail|200px|right|Elon Musk]]
'''Elon Musk''' (born June 28, 1971, in [[South Africa]]) is an [[American]] businessman and inventor ranked as the wealthiest man in the world, who ostensibly supports [[freedom of speech]] and opposed tyrannical lockdowns during [[COVID-19]]. Musk left the [[Trump 2.0]] on May 28, 2025 after having campaigned tirelessly for [[Donald Trump]] in the [[2024 presidential election]],<ref>Musk previously urged [[American]]s to vote [[Republican]] in the [[2022 midterm elections]]: "I recommend voting for a Republican [[Congress]]." [https://www.politico.com/news/2022/11/07/elon-musk-independents-vote-republican-midterms-twitter-00065412]</ref> such as holding a town hall in [[Lancaster County, Pennsylvania]] on Oct. 26, 2024, which was viewed by 5.9 million times on [[X Corp.|X]].<ref>https://x.com/i/broadcasts/1yoJMyBnkvXJQ</ref> One commentator dubbed Elon Musk the "African American of the Year" for 2022.<ref>https://amgreatness.com/2022/12/19/elon-musk-african-american-of-the-year/</ref>
Musk apparently does not hire [[conservative]]s in key positions, and is a cheerleader for giving foreigners top jobs in [[America]]. He wants expanded use of visas to import foreigners, and most of his [[Tesla]] cars are made in [[China]]. This is contrary to the [[America First]] position of [[MAGA]] supporters. Personally, Musk fathers many children without being a daily father to them.
While Musk is increasingly [[conservative]], there are still [[liberal]]s running run his companies. "Personel is policy,"<ref>https://democracyjournal.org/magazine/personnel-is-policy/</ref> yet Musk has not hired conservatives in leadership positions in his companies or projects. In later December, Musk's platform [[X Corp.|X]] reportedly downgraded a prominent critic of Musk's pro-[[immigration]], pro-[[H-1B visa]] stance.
His immense wealth is based mostly on the meteoric rise in value of the [[Tesla Motors]] electric car company, and also the privately held [[SpaceX]]. He is also a co-founder of [[PayPal]], a CEO for SpaceX, and chairman of SolarCity. His purchase of [[Twitter]] ushered in an era of ''[[glasnost]]'' from [[globalist]] [[totalitarian]] control of the [[social media]] platform. He supposedly is "socially [[liberal]] and fiscally [[conservative]]"<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B1OPxitgvmw Elon Musk: The Way Of The Future]</ref> but endorsed [[hyperinflation]]ist [[Andrew Yang]] for the [[Democratic party]] nomination in the [[2020 presidential election]]. He believes in man-made [[global warming]]. Musk was born in [[South Africa]], raised in [[Canada]] and resided in Los Angeles before moving in 2020 to [[Texas]]. As of 2022, he is the wealthiest man in the world, and he likes to comment on [[chess]] and debate [[Gary Kasparov]].
