Elon Musk’s surreal war on Donald Trump will fail
The Maga movement does not forgive heresy.
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Freddie Hayward
Freddie Hayward is the US correspondent at the New Statesman. He is based in Washington DC and can be contacted on Freddie.Hayward@newstatesman.co.uk.
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