Elon Musk exports MAGA civil war to UK as he claims Nigel Farage ‘doesn’t have what it takes’: Live
The president-elect weighed in on a reconciliation package, reportedly telling the House Speaker he prefers one piece of legislation
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Your support makes all the difference.Elon Musk is exporting the MAGA civil war to the United Kingdom as he claims Nigel Farage “doesn’t have what it takes” to lead the Reform Party.
Musk declared on X this weekend that the UK’s Reform Party “needs a new leader,” taking a shot at the right-wing leader. Farage was quick to respond: “Well, this is a surprise! Elon is a remarkable individual but on this I am afraid I disagree.”
The split appears to stem from Farage’s refusal to join Musk in calling for the release of jailed far-right political activist Tommy Robinson.
Meanwhile, President-elect Donald Trump met with Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni for an informal visit at Mar-a-Lago on Saturday evening.
Trump praised Meloni to reporters as they stood outside his Palm Beach, Florida estate.
“I’m here with a fantastic woman, the prime minister of Italy,” he said. “She’s really taken Europe by storm, and everyone else, and we’re just having dinner tonight.”
Trump also wants one reconciliation package rather than the GOP leadership’s two-bill strategy, re-elected House Speaker Mike Johnson reportedly informed Republicans Saturday — a sign that the president-elect may be already testing the unity of his party.
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President Joe Biden on Friday invoked a rarely-used presidential power to prevent the Japanesesteel giant Nippon Steel from purchasing the United States Steel Corporation, citing the $14.1 billion deal’s potential consequences to American national security after a year-long review process.
The long-awaited decision to prohibit the transition, which would have placed America’s largest steel-making enterprise under foreign control, blocks Nippon Steel and its’ American affiliates from any attempt to acquire control of the Pittsburgh-based U.S. Steel.
Andrew Feinberg reports.
Biden blocks Japanese takeover of U.S. Steel on national security grounds
Biden says the Pittsburgh-based U.S. Steel ‘will remain a proud American company — one that’s American-owned, American-operated, by American union steelworkers’
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