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How Elon Musk’s deep ties to – and admiration for – China could complicate Trump’s Beijing policy

  • Written by Linggong Kong, Ph.D. Student, Auburn University

Elon Musk holds an outsized influence in the new Trump administration.

As head of his Department of Government Efficiency, or DOGE, the world’s wealthiest man has enjoyed nearly unfettered political power in slashing and refashioning the federal government as he sees fit. And it has quickly become clear that he has the president’s earon...

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