Trump-Musk feud shows what happens when unregulated money floods politics

<p>Musk isn’t the first – or last – billionaire to pour big money into US elections</p><p>Elon Musk said, very loudly and very publicly, what is usually the quiet part of the role of money in US politics.</p><p>“Without me, Trump would have lost the election, Dems would control the House and the Republicans would be 51-49 in the Senate. Such ingratitude,” he wrote on his X social media platform amid an ongoing feud with Donald Trump.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/jun/08/trump-musk-feud-money-politics">Continue reading...</a>