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- Elon Musk lashes out at U.K. government after being snubbed from top investment summit over race riot posts (newsbreak.com)
Elon Musk’s Inflammatory Posts Bar Him from UK Investment Summit
Billionaire Elon Musk has been excluded from the UK’s major investment conference due to his inflammatory remarks that fueled riots across the country this summer.
Musk falsely claimed that the UK was releasing convicted pedophiles and imprisoning people for social media posts. This was despite the government’s exclusion of sex offenders from the early release program.
Musk’s posts sparked violent demonstrations after the tragic stabbing of three children in Southport. He labeled civil war as inevitable and shared conspiracy theories about detainment camps.
These posts led the BBC to report that Musk was uninvited from the investment summit, where Prime Minister Keir Starmer seeks to attract billions in investment.
Musk has a history of attacking countries perceived as too lenient on immigration. Last year, he criticized Ireland’s prime minister after riots following an immigrant attack.
Recently, Musk has aligned himself with right-wing leaders, praising Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni for her anti-immigration stance. He has also endorsed former US President Donald Trump in the upcoming elections.