“He becomes extremely online... Twitter seemed to be the fulcrum of that stuff. Eventually, he teams up with Trump. He spends nearly $300 million to help get him elected.”

On with Kara Swisher · Inside 'Musk': Power, Family and the Making of a Tech Demagogue

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bought Twitter in 2022 to gain direct political and public influence

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“He bought Twitter on a dare… then he turns it into a propaganda machine for himself.”
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