Tesla CEO Elon Musk and co-chairman of the newly formed Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) will arrive at Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., on December 5, 2024.
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Elon Musk has questioned whether the United States should “liberate the British people from a tyrannical government” after slamming senior British lawmakers.
The tech billionaire and key adviser to US President-elect Donald Trump took to social media to express his dissatisfaction with the British government in recent days, leading to a war of words between the Tesla boss and British government officials. .
In a series of posts on the Musk-owned X social media platform, the tech tycoon lashed out at the UK Labor government over its handling of the historic child sex abuse scandal.
On Friday, Musk accused British Security Secretary Jesse Phillips of being a “rape genocide apologist” before publishing a series of posts call Prime Minister Keir Starmer expelled Facing jail About how to prosecute child grooming gangs and other criminals who target children.
Musk’s comments come after Phillips block incoming calls Government-led inquiry into child sexual exploitation in Oldham town.
Before starting his political career, Starmer served as Britain’s attorney general, running the Crown Prosecution Service during the country’s child rape gang scandal.
A spokesperson for Phillips did not immediately provide comment when contacted by CNBC.
“The issue with Elon Musk… it’s a very important set of issues. Child sexual exploitation is completely disgusting,” Starmer said in response to questions at a press conference on Monday. “(But) those who spread lies and misinformation as widely as possible — they’re not interested in the victims, they’re only interested in themselves.”
British Health Secretary Wes Streeting slammed Musk’s attack on Phillips over the weekend, calling it a “disgraceful slander.”
“Keir Starmer and Jesse Phillips have both been criticized for being completely ill-judged and have done more than most in their careers to label pedophiles, rapists, Wife beaters and other vile people are in our jails. British Broadcasting Corporation.
Musk’s criticism of the British government came to a head in a poll over the weekend, in which he pitched the platform’s users the concept of “liberating the British people.”
This story is being updated.
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