Elon Musk uses his X ownership to be a mouthpiece for Trump narratives and his White House position to push his priorities


February 6, 2025

AP

In recent days, Musk has used X to promote Trump’s positions to his 215 million followers, attack an agency he’s trying to shut down as “evil” and claim a Treasury employee who resigned under pressure over payment system access committed a crime.

Steven Livingston, the founding director of the Institute for Data, Democracy & Politics at George Washington University, said Musk’s role shows how American democracy is already faltering.

“It’s bending to the will and the whim of a billionaire and not to Congress,” he said. “Where does X and Elon Musk end and the government begin? I’m not sure where that line is anymore.”

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