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The just-concluded US mid-term elections , Republicans won a small victory, at least they have won the House of Representatives, and it is very likely that they will also win the Senate in the future. At a critical stage, one person's attitude also gave the Republicans a big boost.
who? Musk, the richest man in the world, just completed a feat not long ago, that is, he spent more than 40 billion US dollars to acquire the most important social media, , twitter, and .
Just before the U.S. mid-term election vote, Musk publicly stood up this time and called on everyone to vote for the Republican Party. Musk himself also said that he voted for the Democratic Party many times in the previous vote, but this time he suggested that everyone vote. to the Republicans. As an American, when the mid-term election comes, of course Musk has the right to vote for any party, and anyone has the right to call on others to vote. This is his freedom of speech, but this time Musk However, his statement indicates that there may be great changes in American politics in the future. Why? Because he controls Twitter. We talked to you in our previous program, how much influence the media has on American politics.
had a very famous presidential debate that year, the two parties were Nixon , who had served as vice president for 8 years, and Kennedy , who was just a fledgling. For Nixon, he has been in politics for many years, and he is very good at speech and practical ability, so he did not take this debate into his heart at all. He felt that with my mature experience, I defeated Maotou in the debate. The lad-like Kennedy must be fine.
However, times have changed. In the past, it was the era of radio. The speeches of US presidential candidates were transmitted through the radio. In the 1960s, the United States began to enter the era of television. The presidential debates of Nixon and Kennedy were broadcast by television. , the results that every American with a TV can see for themselves.
Nixon didn't understand this new thing very well, so the American voters saw a young Kennedy and an old Nixon in front of the TV. In the end, Nixon lost to Kennedy, which is also a victory for the TV media .
And in the 2016 US election , according to the former president of Trump himself, all the establishment factions in the United States are suppressing him, 19 of the 20 mainstream media in the United States support Hillary , so Hillary The Clinton team felt that she would definitely win, and their team even came up with a plan to celebrate, because whether it was polls or media support, it was all in favor of Hillary, but why Trump wins is a big question. The important reason is that Trump has controlled the new media very well. Trump is also known as the president of Twitter. Trump himself is particularly willing to tweet. There was news that Trump tweeted more than one day. 200 tweets, he is a heavy user, and it is clear that after the world has entered the new media era, more and more of us are using new media instead of old media.
Today no one watches TV, no one listens to radio, no one buys newspapers, no magazines are ordered, and the influence of new media is increasing day by day. So Trump himself said that it was because he grasped the new media that he defeated Hillary Clinton, who was supported by many old media. The Democrats actually saw this situation, so after the congressional rebellion in January 2020, even if Trump I was the then-president of the United States, and even Twitter blocked Trump’s account.
A social media, a private company has blocked the account of the most powerful person in the world by the president of the country without any judicial decision, and it has been blocked until now, so Trump is calling Tian Tian, not a bad person. spirit. You are the President of the United States and you have no right to direct social media.
And immediately after the mid-term elections, the next US election in 2024 is coming. Trump is almost certain to run now. What are his weapons? Without social media, he has no weapons, can he still beat Biden ? So Twitter is very important.
And at this critical moment, Musk bought Twitter. Twitter is now a private product of others. He can do whatever he wants, and he can unblock whoever he wants. Because by twitter logic, I'm a Private company , all my accounts on this social media are my private property, I don't need any judicial trial, I can decide whether to block you or unblock you based on my own likes and dislikes.
So Musk, who controls Twitter, actually now has so much power in his hands that the attitudes of both the Democratic and Republican parties in the United States have changed dramatically.
When Twitter blocked former President Trump's account, the Democrats were applauded. They said that Trump lies every day, we can't let lies run rampant on social media, and now when Musk takes control of Twitter After that, Musk labelled a large number of official speeches in the United States and speeches by heavyweight Democrats, warning readers that his speech was problematic. As a result, American Democrats began to accuse Twitter of spreading rumors. Who is spreading the rumors? ? In fact, they are all in the same mountains, and they all just hope that social media can help them defeat their opponents, so the first question comes, that is, will Musk unblock Trump's account as soon as possible?
Twitter didn't do this before the midterm elections, but it's clear that social media is a very, very important weapon for Trump and his team if he announces his candidacy for President of the United States, otherwise Trump will face You have spoken, but you can't spread it, and you can't let your followers get such an embarrassing situation, so this time Musk's public support for the Republican Party is very important. Many people speculate that it is possible for Musk to unblock Trump's account as soon as possible. Will this be a huge blessing to Trump, making him finally win the 2024 election?
On the other hand, some people mentioned that although Musk supports the Republican Party, it is not necessarily that Musk supports Trump.
Today, many people in the Republican Party say that because there are so many people in the United States who hate and hate Trump, the big victory that the Republican Party could have in the midterm elections has become a small victory, and they may not be able to Twitter in 2024. The general election is for president, so is there any other suitable person in the Republican Party? Some people even say that for Musk, he spent more than $40 billion to buy Twitter. What is his purpose?
Twitter will certainly bless his business and expand his influence, but does Musk himself have political ambitions? You must know that compared to Trump and Biden, Musk is very, very young. He is the richest man in the world. He has a proud wealth. He controls many high-tech companies, and now people have social media in their pockets. , then if he comes to elect the president of the United States, will it be more convenient for him to control public opinion in the United States? Perhaps the biggest obstacle for Musk is that he was not born in the United States, so for the time being he does not have the right to elect the president stipulated in the U.S. Constitution, but is it possible to amend the U.S. Constitution?