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Elon Musk

Elon Musk

Elon Musk, born in 1971 in Pretoria, South Africa, is a businessman with South African, Canadian and U.S.

Born
1971 (55 years), Pretoria
Party
America Party
Education
Smith School of Business, The Wharton School
Political position

Far right · Where sources place this person
Wikipedia: supporter of global far-right politics, figures and parties
Ideology: right-wing populism, libertarianism

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citizenship. He led Tesla and SpaceX, was the largest donor of the 2024 U.S. presidential election, and headed the Department of Government Efficiency until May 2025. He is named in the market on the 2028 U.S. presidential election; Wikipedia notes he is not a natural-born citizen, which Article II requires.

Career

Musk was born on 28 June 1971 in Pretoria and has been an American citizen since 2002. Wikipedia lists him as an independent Republican. He was the largest donor in the 2024 presidential election, supporting Donald Trump. After Trump's January 2025 inauguration he served as senior advisor to the President and de facto head of the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) until May 2025. He founded the America Party and America PAC to support right-wing candidates.

Positions

Wikipedia describes Musk as a supporter of global far-right politics, figures and parties. It reports public backlash in 2025 over DOGE's cuts to USAID. It also states that, having been born abroad, he is ineligible for the presidency, since Article II requires a natural-born citizen.

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Photo: Gage Skidmore, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons (cropped)

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Presidential Election Winner 2028

OutcomeLeft – RightAgeProbability
JD Vance20%
Alexandria Ocasio-CortezLeft3613%
Jon OssoffCentre-left3910%
Gavin NewsomCentre-left588%
Marco RubioRight556%
Kamala Harris4%
Josh ShapiroCentre-left533%
Ron DeSantisRight483%
Pete ButtigiegCentre-left443%
Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson542%
Tucker CarlsonRight572%
Elon MuskFar right55<1%

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