Patrick Gaspard

So it is bizarre that both on the healthcare front and on the trade front, the relationship is basically fractured over this mismaking on the oppression of white South African farmers who now have been granted this special dispensation and asylum that none of them are using because they don't have the problem that Donald Trump is describing. It's bonkers, Tim.

That's a lengthy explanation, probably a little too lengthy here, but that's what's going on.

That's a lengthy explanation, probably a little too lengthy here, but that's what's going on.

That's a lengthy explanation, probably a little too lengthy here, but that's what's going on.

He's not. But you know what? Donald Trump is following and he's a savant of this. Donald Trump. And this is an interesting thing. When we when we get into the conversation of the you know, what's going on with Republicans and Democrats, it's kind of important to note that Donald Trump is a savant of the media ecosystem that we existed. He understood that.

He's not. But you know what? Donald Trump is following and he's a savant of this. Donald Trump. And this is an interesting thing. When we when we get into the conversation of the you know, what's going on with Republicans and Democrats, it's kind of important to note that Donald Trump is a savant of the media ecosystem that we existed. He understood that.

He's not. But you know what? Donald Trump is following and he's a savant of this. Donald Trump. And this is an interesting thing. When we when we get into the conversation of the you know, what's going on with Republicans and Democrats, it's kind of important to note that Donald Trump is a savant of the media ecosystem that we existed. He understood that.

In this era, there's a way that you can take the subtext and make it the text. And so on right-wing, fringe social media and what we used to call the dark web, which is not just the web, there was loads of foment around this issue and what was happening with Afrikaners in South Africa, what had happened to white farmers in Zimbabwe. And all this stuff about how the changing population in the U.S.

In this era, there's a way that you can take the subtext and make it the text. And so on right-wing, fringe social media and what we used to call the dark web, which is not just the web, there was loads of foment around this issue and what was happening with Afrikaners in South Africa, what had happened to white farmers in Zimbabwe. And all this stuff about how the changing population in the U.S.

In this era, there's a way that you can take the subtext and make it the text. And so on right-wing, fringe social media and what we used to call the dark web, which is not just the web, there was loads of foment around this issue and what was happening with Afrikaners in South Africa, what had happened to white farmers in Zimbabwe. And all this stuff about how the changing population in the U.S.

needed to be concerned about this, that farmers in Ohio and Iowa, et cetera, would start to see this kind of thing if we allowed for all the migrants to come into America to take the farm jobs, et cetera, and that they were going to replace white Americans in the heartland. This was like flourishing in the web.

needed to be concerned about this, that farmers in Ohio and Iowa, et cetera, would start to see this kind of thing if we allowed for all the migrants to come into America to take the farm jobs, et cetera, and that they were going to replace white Americans in the heartland. This was like flourishing in the web.

needed to be concerned about this, that farmers in Ohio and Iowa, et cetera, would start to see this kind of thing if we allowed for all the migrants to come into America to take the farm jobs, et cetera, and that they were going to replace white Americans in the heartland. This was like flourishing in the web.

So in that run-up to 2016 election, this guy was really clever at pulling together all the strands of really dark conspiracy theories on the extreme right, platforming them, censoring them, and figuring out how to kind of do a wink and a nod to it all throughout that campaign. So that's a fever that he picked up then that persists to this day. But you ask about Elon Musk.

So in that run-up to 2016 election, this guy was really clever at pulling together all the strands of really dark conspiracy theories on the extreme right, platforming them, censoring them, and figuring out how to kind of do a wink and a nod to it all throughout that campaign. So that's a fever that he picked up then that persists to this day. But you ask about Elon Musk.

So in that run-up to 2016 election, this guy was really clever at pulling together all the strands of really dark conspiracy theories on the extreme right, platforming them, censoring them, and figuring out how to kind of do a wink and a nod to it all throughout that campaign. So that's a fever that he picked up then that persists to this day. But you ask about Elon Musk.

There's an important element here for those of us who care about corruption, and a thing that we don't talk about here in the U.S., but that we talk about a lot in South Africa, the notion of state capture. Please understand that right as Donald Trump becomes president again, Elon Musk goes back to South Africa.

There's an important element here for those of us who care about corruption, and a thing that we don't talk about here in the U.S., but that we talk about a lot in South Africa, the notion of state capture. Please understand that right as Donald Trump becomes president again, Elon Musk goes back to South Africa.

There's an important element here for those of us who care about corruption, and a thing that we don't talk about here in the U.S., but that we talk about a lot in South Africa, the notion of state capture. Please understand that right as Donald Trump becomes president again, Elon Musk goes back to South Africa.

He has a meeting with the president of South Africa, Sir Raul Posa, and he tries to push on South Africa a deal around Starlink. So here you have a person who is influencing