Why is Elon Musk backing Tommy Robinson? | Long Story Short

The world’s richest man appears to be in the throes of an unsettling bromance with Britain’s most famous Far Right influencer; social media exchanges, podcast appearances and crypto currency sponsorships underpin their murky trans-atlantic alliance.

In our last episode, we investigated why pro-Israel American Conservatives are backing Robinson; this time, we take a deep-dive into Robinson’s past to understand why Musk is turbo-charging his anti-immigrant, anti-Islam movement as a way to influence politics here in the United Kingdom.

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