Following in the footsteps of his Canada- and Greenland-coveting pal Donald Trump, MAGA billionaire Elon Musk is asking whether the United States should “liberate the people of Britain from their tyrannical government."
The Tesla CEO posed the question in an early Monday morning tweet, the latest in a multi-day social media bender aimed at the U.K. that has seen him advocate for a jailed right-wing activist, call for the head of a right-wing party leader, and demand that a junior minister of the new Labour government be thrown in prison.
Musk has, in recent days, lambasted the British government over its handling of investigations into organized gangs that allegedly oversaw the systematic rape of young women.
The Labour government rejected a request for a public inquiry into child sexual exploitation in Oldham in October, saying it is focused instead on enacting the recommendations of the final 2022 report of the Independent Inquiry into Child Sex Abuse, none of which were implemented by the previous Conservative government.
Musk has also called for the jailing of Jess Phillips, the junior minister in Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s cabinet responsible for the violence against women file, calling her a “rape genocide apologist.”
Those comments earned a stern rebuke from Starmer on Monday, who implied Musk is taking advantage of the “utterly sickening” issue of child exploitation to draw attention to himself.
Asked about Musk’s remarks on Monday, the PM replied: “Those who are spreading lies and misinformation as far and as wide as possible are not interested in victims, they’re interested in themselves.”
In his recent posts, Musk has repeatedly offered his support to Stephen Yaxley-Lennon, a Islamophobic fascist activist who uses the pseudonym Tommy Robinson.
Robinson—who has been convicted of mortgage fraud and assault, was a member of the fascist British National Party, and is alleged to have stalked a female journalist at her home—is currently serving an 18 month prison sentence for repeating false allegations against a Syrian refugee.
Musk has called for his release.
Nigel Farage, the MAGA-loving leader of Britain’s right-wing Reform Party, has taken care to distance himself from Robinson.
On Sunday, Musk called for Farage’s removal as Reform leader after he said he disagreed with the Tesla CEO’s support for Robinson.
And not to be outdone, another right-wing Brit threw his hat in the ring on Sunday: Andrew Tate, the misogynist influencer facing rape and human trafficking investigations in Romania, asked in an “ultra serious post” whether he should run for prime minister to unseat Starmer.
Musk’s poll on X asking whether America should liberate Britain had received 64 percent support from 500,000 votes as of the time of publication.
The tech billionaire and ardent Trump supporter has also dipped into German politics in recent weeks, offering his endorsement to the far-right Alternative für Deutschland party over the holidays.
On Monday, Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre told public broadcaster NKR he finds it “worrying that a man with enormous access to social media and large financial resources is so directly involved in the internal affairs of other countries.”
