How Paris is turning a blind eye to risks posed by French version of Elon Musk
The French authorities have been critical of the role that tech billionaire Elon Musk played in Donald Trump’s presidential election campaign. Yet those same authorities remain oddly passive in the face of the media offensive led in France by billionaire Vincent Bolloré. As Antton Rouget reports, this is despite the fact that this summer's parliamentary elections in France, plus the funding of far-right politician Jordan Bardella's recent book, show that the regulatory system here is now outdated.
ElonElon Musk played such an important role in the United States election campaign that Donald Trump dedicated a fifth of his acceptance speech to him. In all, America's president-elect celebrated the American tech billionaire for nearly four of that speech's twenty minutes. “He’s an amazing guy,” enthused Trump, who quickly turned to the entrepreneur's company Space X and its recent achievements. “You know, he sent the rocket up two weeks ago... and I saw it coming down...And I'm thinking Elon can do this, it must be Elon … the spaceship came down so gently and wrapped those arms around it just like you hold your baby at night and it was a beautiful thing to see and I called Elon ...who else can do that? ... he can do that. And I said 'That's why I love you, Elon',” Trump continued.
