Elon Musk, who once largely eschewed politics, now has a political clout of his own to throw around as President-elect Trump heads back to the Oval Office. The tech billionaire has become a

His influence is partly the result of a very online political establishment, and partly thanks to a right-leaning media that is hostile to Keir Starmer’s Labour government.

Business magnate Elon Musk is the richest man in the world, starting 2025 with a net worth of around $425 billion. That dwarfs the net worth of Amazon.com founder Jeff Bezos, who weighs in at around $241 billion.

Elon Musk’s "meddling" in politics and recent changes at Meta to eliminate fact-checking make Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre’s promise to defund the CBC even more consequential, said Heritage Minister Pascale St-Onge.