Not long ago, Elon Musk was a darling of American progressives. Scroll to begin A visionary bringing electric cars to the people, and voting Democrat for more than two decades. Now, he is their self-appointed nemesis, clearing the US government of a “viper's nest of radical-Left Marxists who hate America”.

Elon Musk has been accused of attempting a coup or hostile takeover of the US government. His actions could better be described as a form of ‘state capture’. Here’s what that means.

They were not there to take aim at the company's electric vehicles, but the person behind Tesla - Elon Musk - and join with others who are upset at the world's richest man work to disrupt and take apart large portions of the US government.

Musk has consolidated control over large swaths of the government with President Trump‘s blessing since assuming leadership of the Department of Government Efficiency.

The U.S. government was set up to have checks and balances. It’s something a progressive pundit on X, Alex Cole, thinks South African native Elon Musk should learn about. “,” Cole wrote, along with a screenshot of Musk posting to X: “If ANY judge ANYWHERE can stop EVERY Presidential action EVERYWHERE,