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Elon Musk with his son on his shoulders stand alongside President-elect Donald Trump and Melania Trump (right) during Tuesday night's New Year's Eve party at Mar-a-Lago

Musk’s mystery moniker maxes out speculation

Elon Musk adopted the moniker ‘Kekius Maximus’ on X on New Year’s Eve, sparking speculation that his mysterious new handle is a mash-up of an alt-right symbol, a memecoin and the lead character of the movie Gladiator.

‘EXTERNAL MEDDLING’The Times
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, Elon Musk, and German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier

Scholz hits back after Musk’s ‘tyrant’ jibe

The German chancellor used his New Year’s Eve address to rebuke Elon Musk for criticising the country’s president and boosting the hard-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party before elections in February.

‘man child’World
(FILES) (COMBO) This combination of pictures created on August 12, 2024 shows, L-R, Tesla CEO Elon Musk speaking at the 27th annual Milken Institute Global Conference at the Beverly Hilton in Los Angeles on May 6, 2024 and former US President and 2024 Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump standing onstage during the last day of the 2024 Republican National Convention at the Fiserv Forum in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, on July 18, 2024. With incendiary, misleading posts to his 200 million followers, Elon Musk has courted criticism for cranking up the political temperature ahead of an already polarized US election through his influential platform that is plagued with misinformation. Researchers fear there may be little to stop Musk -- who has endorsed Donald Trump -- from using X, formerly Twitter, and his personal account to sway voters in favor of the Republican nominee, call into question the legitimacy of the electoral process, and provoke violence against political rivals and poll workers. (Photo by Frederic J. BROWN and Brendan SMIALOWSKI / AFP)

Trump intervenes in Musk vs. MAGA visa row

Donald Trump sided with Elon Musk in a fight that foreshadows battles to come in the fragile alliance between tech bosses and Trump’s core voters, who view immigration as the top issue.

‘Makes me nervous’The Wall Street Journal
Elon Musk's biggest rivals. Promoted to Trump's buddy

Musk rivals fear being targeted by his new power

Musk’s scorched-earth tactics send waves of concern through his lengthy list of business rivals, with OpenAI’s Sam Altman ranking high on the billionaire’s enemy roll, as car companies and tech giants scramble for allies in the incoming Trump administration.

’lol wut’Nation
NEW YORK, NEW YORK - NOVEMBER 16: (L-R) Joe Rogan, President-elect Donald Trump, Kid Rock and Elon musk pose for a photo during the UFC 309 event at Madison Square Garden on November 16, 2024 in New York City. (Photo by Chris Unger/Zuffa LLC)

Rogan and Musk hit back at ABC chair

Podcast king Joe Rogan has hit back after ABC boss Kim Williams described him as ‘deeply repulsive’, while Elon Musk has described the national broadcaster as Australia’s ‘Pravda’.

SpaceX launchWorld
The SpaceX Starship lifts off from Starbase near Boca Chica, Texas, on November 19, 2024, for the Starship Flight 6 test. (Photo by CHANDAN KHANNA / AFP)

Trump views test of SpaceX rocket Musk is building for Mars

Despite the successful lift-off, SpaceX aborted an attempt to catch the first stage booster in the ‘chopstick’ arms of its launch tower, opting instead for an ocean splashdown due to unmet technical criteria, dampening the triumph of the event | WATCH

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