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Elon Musk<\/a> fired back at The Economist editor-in-chief Zanny Minton Beddoes during a Thursday interview from Tesla’s Gigafactory in Texas after she said people loathed him over his efforts to influence European politics.<\/p>\n

“I think a lot more people hate you and the media more than you realize,” Musk told the journalist<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Beddoes confronted the Tesla and SpaceX CEO after challenging his support for right-wing European political parties and arguing that his wealth, ownership of X and following on the platform gave him unusual power to shape politics abroad.<\/p>\n

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“Why should you be able to shape European politics? You don\u2019t even live there,” Beddoes said.<\/p>\n

“But do you see why this makes people think that this man who has all this power, he\u2019s the world\u2019s richest man, he thinks he has a right to influence our politics?” Beddoes said. “It\u2019s why people loathe you. I mean, some people do loathe you.”<\/p>\n

Musk dismissed the criticism by pointing to his roughly 250 million followers on X as evidence that he had more supporters than detractors.<\/p>\n

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“Maybe some people do loathe me, and that\u2019s probably true. I don\u2019t care,” Musk said. “But the fact that, as you pointed out, a quarter billion people follow me is that I think a lot more people actually like me than don\u2019t.”<\/p>\n

The Tesla and SpaceX CEO<\/a> argued that distrust of the press was greater than opposition to him and asked Beddoes whether she recognized the media’s standing with the public.<\/p>\n

“Do you realize the media is despised?” Musk said. “Do you realize that journalists, the view of journalists is like, it\u2019s like a favorable view of journalists is like 15%?”<\/p>\n

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Beddoes acknowledged that trust in American journalism was low but argued that polarization on social media contributed to the problem.<\/p>\n

“I think in part there have been mistakes by journalists and journalism. I totally acknowledge that,” Beddoes said. “But I also think that the kind of polarized environment, particularly on social media, fostered by the kinds of things you are pushing on X, actually helps make this worse.”<\/p>\n

Musk rejected her argument and insisted the public disliked journalists more than him.<\/p>\n

“The shoe is on the other foot. They hate you. They hate you far more than they hate me,” Musk said. “I think you\u2019re the problem. The media.”<\/p>\n

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The exchange followed a lengthy disagreement about Musk’s warnings that Britain could face civil war and his backing of European parties<\/a> Beddoes described as far right. Musk rejected the label and framed his positions around border security, public safety and government spending.<\/p>\n

“I literally said, look, I believe in safe cities, secure borders and sensible spending with respect to government,” Musk said. “That doesn\u2019t make me right wing at all in the least.”<\/p>\n

Musk urged Germans to vote for the Alternative for Germany party and interviewed its leader, Alice Weidel, on X before Germany’s 2025 federal election. He promoted the party in at least two dozen posts over two months, Reuters reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Public confidence in the news media<\/a> has fallen sharply. A 2025 Gallup poll<\/a> found that 28% of Americans had a great deal or fair amount of trust in newspapers, television and radio to report the news fully, accurately and fairly, a record low.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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