Tesla CEO Elon Musk, co-chair of the newly announced Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), arrives on Capitol Hill on December 05, 2024 in Washington, DC.
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Elon Musk has questioned whether the US should “liberate the people of Britain from their authoritarian government” after attacking senior UK lawmakers.
In recent days, the tech billionaire and key advisor to US President-elect Donald Trump took to social media to air his grievances with the British government, sparking a war of words between the Tesla boss and a British government official.
In a series of posts on the social media platform
Musk accused British Protection Minister Jess Phillips of being a “genocide apologist” on Friday, before publishing a series of posts. Contact Prime Minister Keir Starmer could face prison time over how he prosecuted child grooming gangs and other criminals who targeted children.
Musk's comments came after Phillips Rejected calls To launch a government-led investigation into the sexual exploitation of children in Oldham. Before embarking on a political career, Starmer served as the UK's Director of Public Prosecutions, where he ran the Crown Prosecution Service during the country's child rape ring scandal.
Spokespeople for Starmer and Phillips were not immediately available for comment when contacted by CNBC. British Health Minister Wes Streeting criticized Musk's attack on Phillips as a “disgraceful smear” over the weekend.
“Keir Starmer and Jess Phillips, who were on the receiving end of completely ill-advised criticism, have done more in their careers than most people will ever do to lock up pedophiles, rapists, wife beaters and all the other scoundrels in our society,” he said in an interview with Broadcasters BBC.
Musk's criticism of the UK government over the weekend culminated in a poll, where he floated the concept of “liberating the people of Britain” to platform users.
This story is being updated.
