NEWS: Elon Musk rejects the far right label in an exchange with The Economist

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NEWS: Elon Musk rejects the far right label in an exchange with The Economist

“I support the normal people. What you call the far right, falsely.”

He challenged the interviewer to say what is extreme about 3 positions.

“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?”

Elon then turned on the framing itself.

“I would like to just admonish you and the media for the absurd characterization of the far right. It is false and misleading and nonsense.”

He asked that the exchange survive the edit. “Please keep this part in.”

Elon said the same speeches get judged by who delivered them, describing a habit of reading Obama and Clinton speeches to people and telling them Trump said it. He named Rupert Lowe as an example of who he means by normal people.

(Source: The Economist, July 2026)