{"id":16599,"date":"2024-11-16T16:37:14","date_gmt":"2024-11-16T15:37:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2024\/11\/16\/elon-musk-is-not-americas-new-king-but-he-might-be-its-new-thomas-cromwell-john-naughton\/"},"modified":"2024-11-16T16:37:14","modified_gmt":"2024-11-16T15:37:14","slug":"elon-musk-is-not-americas-new-king-but-he-might-be-its-new-thomas-cromwell-john-naughton","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2024\/11\/16\/elon-musk-is-not-americas-new-king-but-he-might-be-its-new-thomas-cromwell-john-naughton\/","title":{"rendered":"Elon Musk is not America\u2019s new king. But he might be its new Thomas Cromwell | John Naughton"},"content":{"rendered":"

The billionaire was indispensable to Trump\u2019s campaign and now has a senior job. He is about to become dangerously useful<\/p>\n

Picture, if you will, the scene in Mar-a-Lago on election night at the moment when it\u2019s become clear that Trump has won<\/a>. The atmosphere is hysterical. Trump is in expansive form. He stands surrounded by his ghastly tribe of dependants, plus AN Other. In his victory speech, the president-elect praises his campaign staff, his prospective vice-president, and his family. Each gets a few seconds of adulation.<\/p>\n

But AN Other gets a whole four minutes. He is Elon Musk, the richest manchild in history. Trump calls him a \u201csuper genius\u201d, a \u201cspecial guy\u201d and a \u201cstar\u201d. He has flown straight from Texas in his Gulfstream to bask in the adulation of his new lord and master. He has also paid several hundred million dollars, plus a month of his time, to be here. But now his time has come.<\/p>\n

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\nThe billionaire was indispensable to Trump\u2019s campaign and now has a senior job. He is about to become dangerously useful
\nPicture, if you will, the scene in Mar-a-Lago on election night at the moment when it\u2019s become clear that Trump has won. The atmosphere is hysterical. Trump is in expansive form. He stands surrounded by his ghastly tribe of dependants, plus AN Other. In his victory speech, the president-elect praises his campaign staff, his prospective vice-president, and his family. Each gets a few seconds of adulation.
\nBut AN Other gets a whole four minutes. He is Elon Musk, the richest manchild in history. Trump calls him a \u201csuper genius\u201d, a \u201cspecial guy\u201d and a \u201cstar\u201d. He has flown straight from Texas in his Gulfstream to bask in the adulation of his new lord and master. He has also paid several hundred million dollars, plus a month of his time, to be here. But now his time has come. Continue reading…Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The billionaire was indispensable to Trump\u2019s campaign and now has a senior job. He is about to become dangerously useful Picture, if you will, the scene in Mar-a-Lago on election night at the moment when it\u2019s become clear that Trump has won. The atmosphere is hysterical. Trump is in expansive form. He stands surrounded by …<\/p>\n

Elon Musk is not America\u2019s new king. But he might be its new Thomas Cromwell | John Naughton<\/span> Read More »<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":16600,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16599"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16599"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16599\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16600"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16599"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16599"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16599"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}