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Elon Musk’s family tree may be a complex web of connections crossing numerous eras and nations. The tech billionaire’s parentage follows back to South Africa, where he was born in 1971 to Maye and Errol Musk. Elon has two kin: Kimbal Musk, a restaurateur and humanitarian, and Tosca Musk, a filmmaker and business person.

Elon Musk’s possess department of the family tree has developed altogether over the a long time. He has fathered ten children with three distinctive ladies. His to begin with marriage to Justine Wilson delivered six children, counting a set of twins and triplets. Afterward, Musk had two children with artist Grimes and twins with Shivon Zilis, an official at one of his companies.

The Musk family’s impact amplifies past Elon’s prompt circle. His cousins incorporate Lyndon and Dwindle Rive, who co-founded SolarCity, a company afterward obtained by Tesla. This interconnected arrange of connections highlights the family’s entrepreneurial soul and affect on different businesses.

Early Life and Family Background
Elon Musk’s roots follow back to Pretoria, South Africa, where he was born into a family with a wealthy legacy. His early a long time were stamped by a mix of mental interest and entrepreneurial soul, affected by his parents’ assorted foundations.
Elon Musk’s roots follow back to Pretoria, South Africa, where he was born into a family with a wealthy legacy. His early a long time were checked by a mix of mental interest and entrepreneurial soul, affected by his parents’ different foundations.

Birth and Childhood in South Africa
Elon Musk was born on June 28, 1971, in Pretoria, South Africa. He developed up amid the ultimate decades of apartheid, the eldest of three kin. Musk’s childhood was characterized by an early interest with innovation and science. He was regularly ingested in books and computers, showing a sharp judgment skills from a youthful age.

His guardians, Errol and Maye Musk, played noteworthy parts in forming his early encounters. Errol, an electromechanical design, uncovered Elon to specialized areas. Maye, a demonstrate and dietitian, backed her son’s different interface.

It’s deja vu all over again, again. In the wake of Donald Trump’s decisive re-election, his transition team has moved to pack his cabinet and adviser positions with figures straight out of the Star Wars cantina – some of the most dangerous and bizarre sideshows from every corner of his chaotic galaxy.

In the Trump Cinematic Universe, loyalty usurps qualification. That’s why Pete Hegseth, a Fox News host who wants to eliminate “woke” officials from the military, got tapped to oversee our national defense. And it’s why Matt Gaetz was asked to helm the very Department of Justice that was investigating him for alleged sex trafficking, before his abrupt withdrawal from consideration.

But perhaps no figure better captures the cartoonish nature of Trump’s staffing philosophy than Elon Musk, the literal richest man on Earth, who has somehow grabbed the wheel of a presidential transition that’s navigating the road ahead about as well as one of his Teslas.
From offering his two cents on presidential appointments, to joining calls with the Ukrainian president, to adjudicating the race for Senate majority leader via an X poll, the man who broke Twitter now has his sights set on breaking the federal government. He’s poised to hack the budget, ramrod in his half-baked policy musings and push through deregulation that will inevitably benefit his fleet of companies.

The arc of this entanglement reached its inevitable conclusion when Musk rewired the platform’s algorithm to promote his own conspiracies about immigrants and election interference, while also giving free advertisement to Trump to the tune of 2bn views. Though Trump was already the first major party nominee to own a social media platform in Truth Social, he now essentially leases a second one for free.

While Trump received support from Musk gratis, his voters received million-dollar checks. For all Musk’s handwringing about “ballot harvesting”, he engaged in a brazen election interference scheme when he more or less paid citizens to vote for Trump.

Musks’s so-called sweepstakes, which a Pennsylvania court waved through, culminates big money’s political playbook. Billionaires no longer need to launder their bribes through Super Pacs with vaguely patriotic names. They can avoid that rigmarole, cut out the middleman and offer direct financial incentives for supporting whichever candidate they deem most favorable to their business interests.

But the orbit currently getting the most attention is not in the heavens — it’s the increasingly intimate one back on Earth uniting the planet’s soon-to-be-again most powerful man and its richest man.

President-elect Donald Trump and Elon Musk — after trips to see Republicans in Washington and an Ultimate Fighting Championship match in New York, including a mid-flight McDonald’s with a grimacing Robert F. Kennedy Jr. — took to the road again to watch Musk’s SpaceX Starship rocket blast off on its latest test flight.

For once, Trump’s hyperbole wasn’t over the top. “I’m heading to the Great State of Texas to watch the launch of the largest object ever to be elevated, not only to Space, but simply by lifting off the ground,” he wrote on social media.

Musk, the Tesla and SpaceX visionary, has spent the last two weeks basking in Trump’s reflected glory at Mar-a-Lago. He’s around so much it’s almost like he’s family, and he even made it into a photo of Trump’s extended clan. Now, it was time for him to share some of his own aura with his new best friend.

Trump, jaw clenched, eyes narrowed against the glare and sporting a red MAGA hat bearing a “45” and a “47,” struck a Mount Rushmore pose, certainly aware of television split screens that would pair him alongside the rocket’s takeoff burn. He looked almost if he was claiming some of the credit for himself.

In the nervous moments before the launch, various lesser satellites revolved around Trump, including his son Donald Jr., Texas Sen. Ted Cruz and Texas Rep. Ronny Jackson, the former White House physician. But the president-elect seemed most animated when Musk appeared and explained what would unfold when the rocket took off.

A bit of a disappointment

In the event, Trump didn’t get to see the ballistic ballet of SpaceX returning its massive booster to be clutched by a state-of-the-art launchpad that he raved about on the campaign trail. “I see that fire pouring out the bottom of the rocket that’s coming in sideways and I say, ‘it’s going to crash into the gantry,’” Trump said earlier this month. “And those two big beautiful arms they grab it — I said, ‘What the hell was that?’”

On Tuesday, mission controllers made a split-second decision instead to ditch the giant Roman candle-like vehicle in the Gulf of Mexico after its slow-motion descent. “Maybe they just want to be careful not to kill the president-elect of the United States by any chance,” Greg Autry, associate provost for space commercialization and strategy at the University of Central Florida, told CNN.

Tech billionaire Elon Musk was handed a major win Tuesday evening when President-elect Donald Trump announced that the Tesla and SpaceX CEO would co-lead a new “Department of Government Efficiency” with Vivek Ramaswamy.

The announcement reinforces the closeness Musk has managed to achieve with Trump, even after the election. But for some people in Trump’s orbit, Musk’s presence has felt overbearing.

Musk has been so aggressive in pushing his views about Trump’s second term that he’s stepping on the toes of Trump’s transition team and may be overstaying his welcome at Mar-a-Lago, Trump’s home in Palm Beach, Florida, according to two people familiar with the transition who have spent time at the resort over the past week.

The sources said Musk’s near-constant presence at Mar-a-Lago in the week since Election Day had begun to wear on people who’ve been in Trump’s inner circle longer than he has and who see him as overstepping his role in the transition. The sources spoke on condition of anonymity because they’re not authorized to speak publicly.

“And he’s sure taking lots of credit for the president’s victory. Bragging about America PAC and X to anyone who will listen. He’s trying to make President Trump feel indebted to him. And the president is indebted to no one,” this person added.

Musk didn’t immediately respond to a request for comment Tuesday.

In a statement, Trump-Vance transition spokeswoman Karoline Leavitt said: “Elon Musk and President Trump are great friends and brilliant leaders working together to Make America Great Again. Elon Musk is a once in a generation business leader and our federal bureaucracy will certainly benefit from his ideas and efficiency.”

Donald Trump will not be president of the United States for another month, at least not literally. Yet, his recent victory in the battle of the budget shows that, for all intents and purposes, he is already the nation’s leader, and not a moment too soon.

In the space of just a few days, Trump’s pressure on the Congress, including siccing his Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) attack dogs Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy on reckless spending, turned a 1,500 page monstrosity of a bill into a slim 120-page banger of basic necessities, including disaster relief and help for farmers.

Prior to the intervention by Trump, it looked for all the world like House Speaker Mike Johnson would stuff the Democrats’ stockings with pork and goodies to ensure that a shutdown did not mar next month’s inauguration.

For example, the bill had continued funding for the State Department’s Global Engagement Center, an organization that seems to exist only to promote online censorship of conservatives under the guise of fighting so-called misinformation.

The bill also contained a self-serving pay hike for lawmakers, as well as billions to be spent on pet projects all over the country.

Within hours of the torrent of posts from the dynamic duo of DOGE, the American people began to wake up to what was in the bill and object. A trickle of GOP lawmakers flipped from yes to no on the bill, and with that, the stage was set for our soon-to-be commander in chief.

With the target softened, Trump tore into the bill, going so far as to threaten lawmakers who voted for it with primary challenges. Trump even indicated that Johnson’s speakership could be in doubt if he did not get in line.

A number of well-known world leaders eagerly greeted President-elect Donald Trump as he held court in France on Saturday, attending the reopening of Paris’ Notre Dame Cathedral.

A video of the former president walking to his seat and pausing to shake hands with heads of state went viral. Trump sat close to first lady Jill Biden and their daughter, Ashley, who also gave the incoming president a hearty welcome. President Biden was not there on the trip.

The pomp and circumstance, including the red carpet, that were thrown for Trump in a manner usually reserved for a sitting president quickly caught the attention of social media users.

“At the official reopening of Notre Dame Cathedral, Prince William greets President Trump along with heads of state and other leaders from around the globe. Another said, “It’s safe to say the US is well & truly back & respected on the world stage.”

“Hard to tell if this was the re-opening of Notre Dame or the re-opening of Trump as global leader,” Raymond Arroyo, a contributor for Fox News, wrote on X.

For this boondoogle organization, Elon and Vivek ought to pursue US funding and earn several million dollars.

American taxpayer dollars flowing to the United Nations is part of a $20 billion annual savings plan that is instantly available to incoming President Trump’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) in its quest to eradicate waste and unaccountable expenditure.

With assessed or required “regular” funding of over $3 billion plus voluntary donations that have fluctuated between $10 and $15 billion in each of the last two years, the United States contributes almost a quarter of the United Nations’ annual expenses. The sum is probably significantly more when in-kind support services are included. Over the past ten years, U.S. payouts have nearly doubled, and U.N. demands and subsidies have skyrocketed.
Americans should be concerned about where the money is going as well as how it is being spent.

Chuck Todd, the top political commentator for NBC News, delivered a deeply personal assessment of President Biden after the commander-in-chief’s contentious but predictable decision to pardon his son Hunter.

When Todd appeared on Cillizza’s Substack website for his monthly sit-down with pundit Chris Cillizza, he said that he “knew 100%” that Biden would pardon his son, who was being sentenced for two criminal convictions.
“I say this with respect: Joe Biden needs therapy. He hasn’t come to terms with Beau’s passing. He can’t since he has a problem with Hunter. When comparing raising Hunter to raising Beau, he questions everything he has done. I believe he holds himself responsible for Hunter’s temporary incapacity to behave like an adult,” Todd remarked.

After battling brain cancer, Beau passed away in 2015.
Todd asserted that Hunter has “sort of failed at being a human being” over the past ten years, pointing out that he has previously had a somewhat personal relationship with Biden’s boys.

“There was no question that Joe Biden would do all in his power to keep his son safe before he left government. “Simple and straightforward,” Todd continued, referring to it as a “dad reaction.”

He continued by implying that Biden would never consent to the “humiliation” that would result from President-elect Donald Trump pardoning Hunter.

During her Eras Tour in Toronto, Taylor Swift criticizes Elon Musk and declares she will leave X because of the “toxic” atmosphere.

During the last few minutes of her Eras Tour performance in Toronto, Taylor Swift made a sudden and vehement attack on Elon Musk, accusing the tech tycoon of creating a “toxic” atmosphere on his social networking platform X (previously Twitter). Swift, who is renowned for her well-maintained public persona and frequently measured pronouncements, let loose a torrent of rage that left her admirers and following in disbelief.
As the last notes of her concert reverberated throughout the Rogers Centre, the pop sensation spoke to the crowd, addressing a subject that had been simmering for a while. Swift expressed her intention to quit X, the platform Musk purchased in 2022, because of what she called its escalating polarizing and bad culture.

Swift echoed her words around the stadium, saying, “I can no longer support a platform that is so toxic.” “I’ve got enough of this after years of dealing with it. Because I can’t watch someone like Elon Musk destroy what used to be a place for deep connection, I’m leaving X.
Swift made her remarks following a string of social media interactions with Musk in which she called the billionaire “talent-rich but integrity-poor.” The singer, who has long been an advocate for empowering women and speaking out against bullying and harassment, also slammed Musk’s activities on the site, calling him out for what she described as “petty” behavior.
Swift and Musk have been at odds for months, especially when Musk took over X and drastically changed the platform’s content filtering and policy framework. Celebrities, activists, and users have all criticized the billionaire’s contentious actions, which include enhancing freedom of speech and altering the verification process.

In response to what corporate insiders refer to as “unprecedented backlash” from pancake fans worldwide, Quaker Oats has formally rescinded its intention to discontinue the Aunt Jemima brand, a move that has left breakfast tables across America both shocked and amused. Quaker Oats is bringing Aunt Jemima back, over three years after changing its name to “Pearl Milling Company” in an attempt to update their image. They attribute the sudden change to “public demand.” The tagline? A simple announcement: “Aunt Jemima is back.”

Following a flurry of social media appeals, irate emails from customers, and even a few pancake protests, the decision was made. The customers claimed that breakfast “just wasn’t the same” without Aunt Jemima. The original rebranding for Quaker Oats was meant to demonstrate consideration for the racial prejudices the figure had previously conveyed. However, Quaker decided it was time to bring back the syrup-slinging aunt when the rebrand was met with meager sales and a wave of nostalgia.

Quaker Oats spokesman Jenna Wheaton said, “After listening to our customers, we realized Aunt Jemima was never just a brand; she was a tradition.” “Yes, we wanted to update our values, but it seems like everyone else does too. That brings us full circle to Aunt Jemima.”
The depth of Aunt Jemima’s devotion was beyond Quaker Oats’s comprehension. Others didn’t like the original branding, even though many praised it for attempting to abandon antiquated racial stereotypes. Breakfast devotees maintained that Aunt Jemima was family, not simply a mascot. One outspoken critic on Twitter stated, “With Aunt Jemima absent from the table, breakfast simply isn’t breakfast.” “‘Pearl Milling Company’ is not necessary.” Jemima is what I need!
The cries to “bring back Aunt Jemima!” appeared to be coming from all over the internet. Teenagers on TikTok also joined the trend, creating protest videos with pancake themes that received millions of views. With the subtitle, “Breakfast hasn’t been the same since you left us, Aunt Jemima,” a popular video featured a teenager somberly pouring syrup over piles of pancakes. Quaker Oats paid attention, and the emotional impact was genuine.

“We had no idea people felt this strongly about a pancake mascot,” admitted one Quaker Oats executive. “But the public has spoken. And who are we to deny them breakfast joy?”
The staff at Quaker Oats has a lot of work ahead of them as Aunt Jemima makes a victorious comeback. According to reports, the new branding will honor the brand’s history while “modernizing” Aunt Jemima’s appearance. Regardless of what that would imply for a pancake mix box, sources close to the project say the new image will revive Aunt Jemima’s happy smile while adding “a contemporary twist.”