Is Elon Musk Running America's Foreign Policy Now?
Simon Whistler · October 22, 2026 · 17 min video · Americas
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In theory, the United States has a clear chain of commands when it comes to war.
The buck stops with the commander in chief whose orders get passed out of the
Secretary of Defense,
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Musk has negotiated satellite deals, brokered back-channel talks and struck his own arrangements with foreign leaders — a private diplomacy that blurs the line between corporate interest and statecraft.
