Artist Activist<p>“Some people close to Trump’s White House have been taken aback by the scale of security that has surrounded Musk since he became a regular presence in Trump’s orbit last year. The detail rivaled only that of the president himself, the sources observed.” </p><p>No surprise the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/GCC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GCC</span></a> ( <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SaudiArabia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SaudiArabia</span></a>, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/UAE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UAE</span></a>, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Oman" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Oman</span></a>, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Qatar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Qatar</span></a>, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Bahrain" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Bahrain</span></a> & <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Kuwait" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Kuwait</span></a>) + <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/China" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>China</span></a> and <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Russia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Russia</span></a> (GCC henchman <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Putin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Putin</span></a> & <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Xi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Xi</span></a>), are overdoing mercenaries to protect their largest investment, their top <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Saudi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Saudi</span></a> henchman.<br><a href="https://mastodon.social/@dangillmor/114039326385035254" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">mastodon.social/@dangillmor/11</span><span class="invisible">4039326385035254</span></a></p>