Double standards, hypocrisy and distorted narratives of our history

The world’s richest man—Elon Muskwas last week fighting a pitched battle with his one-time best pal-US President Trump.

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A fallout between the world’s richest man and the most powerful politician in the world. A battle between wealth and political power. Trump was angered by Musk’s portrayal of his signature tax and spending bill, which the tech billionaire saw as adding to the US budget deficit and would saddle Americans with “crushing” debt. He even called for the impeachment of the President.

Trump, in turn, called Musk a big-time drug addict and claimed Musk’s criticism was rooted in his concerns that the bill would eliminate a tax credit for electric-vehicle owners that benefited Musk’s Tesla. He also threatened to cancel his (Musk’s) government contracts, which have an estimated value of $38bn (£28bn) and called for public scrutiny of Musk’s government contracts, imperilling his business empire

By Thursday, Musk was singing a different tune. He claimed regret for the posts he made. Obviously, fears of a budget deficit saddling Americans with “crushing” debt are secondary to personal business interests. Separately, US President Trump’s administration is in the midst of cracking down on persons whom he describes as illegals, drug traffickers and rapists. Targeted persons are of Latin American origin who come to the US in search of employment.