Elon Musk appeared to take a page straight from Donald Trump’s playbook when it came to being called out in a face-to-face, on-camera interview.
The world’s first trillionaire sat for an interview with The Economist, where editor-in-chief Zanny Minton Beddoes held NO punches, asking Musk straight to his face about his support of far-right, fringe groups, leading the Tesla thief straight into an emotional meltdown.
“You support not just the populist right, but the far right — in fact, very fringe parties in some countries,” Beddoes said to Musk.
“No, I support the normal people. What you call the far right, falsely,” the constantly embattled baby daddy shot back, effectively launching himself into what can only be described as a mantrum.
“Here are the principles, and tell me, which of these sound terrible. That we should have secure borders? That we should have safe cities? That we should have sensible spending? Which of those three are far-right fringe? And I would just like to just admonish you and the media for the absurd characterization of the far right. It is false and misleading and nonsense!” Musk shouted before viciously adding, “Please keep this part in. Don’t cut this part,” as he shot a *look* at the camera.
Beddoes assured him, “We’ll keep all of it in,” before continuing to pick and prod at Musk’s fraying edges, taking him to task for his claims that “civil war is inevitable” and violent crime is rampant and out of control in Britain.