The Musk Factor

Musk brings a boundless optimism and can-do verve, and he’s a healthy new ingredient to Trump’s populist mix.

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President-elect Donald Trump and Elon Musk watch the launch of the sixth test flight of the SpaceX Starship rocket in Brownsville, Texas, November 19, 2024.

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It’s a testament to the energy and drive of Elon Musk that he’s now a key adviser to an incoming president of the United States that he helped elect this year — and this is a side project for him.

What stamp-collecting is to most of us — something we make time for when not engaged in our day jobs — influencing the future direction of the United States government is to Musk.

Rich Lowry

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Rich Lowry

Rich Lowry is the editor in chief of National Review.

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