Trump is a little guy, Musk is a big guy: historian predicts trouble for president-elect
Timothy Snyder says worlds richest man is likely to exert uncomfortable influence over White House
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by Martin engelly
The Guardain, January 1, 2025
Trump is a little guy, and Musk is a big guy when it actually comes to having money, Snyder said. And I think if you were a friend of Trump, you would be worried.
The author of bestsellers including On Tyranny (2017) and On Freedom (2024) was speaking to the Guardian about issues including his work in Ukraine, where he has teamed up with the Star Wars actor Mark Hamill to raise funds to buy robots to clear landmines laid by Russian invaders.
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Snyder expects that Trumps soon-to-be home, the White House, will be a stage for uncomfortable and damaging discord between the president-elect and his most powerful ally, the worlds richest man.
I think we overestimate Trump and we underestimate Musk, Snyder said. People cant help but think that Trump has money, but he doesnt. Hes never really had money. Hes never even really claimed to have money. His whole notion is that you have to believe that he has money. But hes never been able to pay his own debts. Hes never been able to finance his own campaigns.
Musk, with an amount of money that was meaningless to him, was able to finance Trumps campaign, essentially.
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https://www.theguardian.com/books/2025/jan/01/elon-musk-donald-trump
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