Starlink, X & US election

How “Moscow Musk” pulls the strings in world politics

Elon Musk has not only captured the once cheerfully chirping Twitter bird, but also politics.(Bild: AFP, stock.adobe.com, Krone KREATIV)

He has the Navalny widow's X account blocked, makes his Starlink network available to the Russian armed forces and gives his political opinion on migration and abortion in the US election campaign. Multi-billionaire Elon Musk has discovered politics as a new game. Krone+ clarifies. 

For a long time, Elon Musk assured us that he wanted to stay out of politics. Those days are over. The 52-year-old is more active than ever before. Musk's online service X recently blocked the account of Yulia Navalnaya, widow of the late Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny. His Starlink satellite system is becoming a geopolitical power factor in the Ukraine war. He is also involved in the battle for the White House. Is Elon pulling the strings in global politics?