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Elon Musk, David Sacks, and the Ignorant Isolationism of the GOP

Plus: An Encore for Italian-American Fiction.

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MATT JOHNSON: Elon Musk, David Sacks, and the Ignorant Isolationism of the GOP

Elon Musk is speaking at the symposium about antisemitism, organized by the European Jewish Association, in Krakow, Poland, on January 22, 2024. (Photo by STR/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

SINCE RUSSIA INVADED UKRAINE TWO YEARS AGO, a couple of celebrity billionaires have been among the loudest opponents of U.S. support for Kyiv. The entrepreneur and investor David Sacks, for instance, says Ukraine and the United States are propagating a ā€œWAR OF LIESā€ to maintain public support for the war effort. The Silicon Valley financier has also prophesied that a Ukrainian defeat is inevitable, the Zelensky government will be overthrown, and the war is ā€œdepletingā€ NATO. To Sacks’s post making these predictions on X, his friend (and fellow member of the ā€œPayPal mafiaā€) Elon Musk responded: ā€œAccurate.ā€

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NICK RIPATRAZONE: An Encore for Italian-American Fiction.

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