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Elon Musk shakes Spain: Far-right will win subsequent elections
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Billionaire tech tycoon Elon Musk has thrown his weight behind Spain’s hard-right social gathering Vox, declaring they’ll be the subsequent to take energy. And his prophecy got here sizzling on the heels of none apart from Donald Trump singing the praises of Vox chief Santiago Abascal.
The ex-US president gave Abascal a glowing endorsement on the Conservative Political Motion Convention (CPAC) in America, the place he known as him a ‘nice chief doing an amazing job’. Losing no time, Musk reposted the clip along with his personal daring prediction: ‘Vox will win the subsequent election.’
Musk and Abascal: a transatlantic bromance
The Tesla boss – who additionally heads up America’s Division of Authorities Effectivity (DOGE) – met up with Abascal in Washington final Thursday, in what’s changing into a little bit of a convention for the pair. They final crossed paths in Italy in 2023 at a right-wing gathering hosted by Italy’s Prime Minister, Giorgia Meloni.
This time, Abascal took the prospect to personally thank Musk for ‘restoring freedom’ to social media platform X. Gushing over the billionaire’s stance in opposition to ‘woke censorship’, Abascal dubbed it a ‘historic reconquest of liberty’.
Brussels, bombs and backlashes
By no means one to draw back from controversy, the Vox boss additionally used his CPAC platform to put into the European Union, accusing ‘Brussels bureaucrats’ of enabling Putin’s battle in Ukraine.
And he didn’t cease there – Abascal slammed Spain’s Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez, accusing him of bankrolling Russia’s bombs and doubling gasoline purchases from Moscow regardless of the continued battle. He known as out what he described as ‘the very individuals who gave Russia the inexperienced gentle to invade Ukraine’ and took a swipe at Sánchez’s upcoming go to to Kyiv, branding it a PR stunt because the battle reaches its third anniversary.
With Trump’s blessing and Musk’s prediction, the query now could be – will Abascal trip this wave of right-wing backing all the way in which to Spain’s high job? The battle strains for the subsequent election are already being drawn.
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