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Trump is choosing the broligarchs over his base
When historians assess this age of American populism, Silicon Valley’s plutocrats will surely be judged its winners.
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Despite having bitterly fallen out earlier this year, US President Donald Trump and Mr Elon Musk are fated to be close, says the writer.
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Edward Luce
The days of censoring Americans online are over, said US Secretary of State Marco Rubio. “The EU should be supporting free speech not attacking American companies over garbage,” Vice-President J.D. Vance wrote on X. Europe is pursuing “civilisational suicide” through regulation and censorship, added Mr Christopher Landau, Mr Rubio’s deputy. And so on.
All of this because the European Union last week imposed a modest US$140 million (S$181.4 million) fine
