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Leftists have shifted their attacks on President-elect Donald J. Trump’s pursuit of revenge against his political foes to Elon Musk, signaling a coming propaganda campaign centered on the SpaceX/Tesla CEO.

The billionaire has quickly become a member of Trump’s inner circle after going all-in for him during his successful election campaign and is set to have much influence in the new administration, which is very troubling to some people.

“Musk is a good fit for Trump because Musk clearly enjoys … vengeance and gets off on retribution,” George Washington University professor Matt Dallek said, according to The Hill.

“This is partly, at least, what animates him, maybe even more so at this point than his business enterprises,” added Dallek, a political historian.

In its article titled “Concerns mount over Musk’s taste for revenge,” the outlet cites the example of Musk’s recent criticism of resistance hero Alexander Vindman who he recently accused of committing treason on behalf of Ukrainian oligarchs in a post to X.

“Vindman is on the payroll of Ukrainian oligarchs and has committed treason against the United States, for which he will pay the appropriate penalty,” Musk wrote in response to the doughy former National Security Council member’s accusation that he was giving state secrets to Russian leader Vladimir Putin.

The Ukraine-born Vindman played a key role in the Democrats’ first failed impeachment of Trump and is above reproach to his fellow travelers despite the serious questions raised by Musk.

Sen. Tim Kaine (D-VA) defended the bad actor in response to Musk, saying the “Vindman family embodies patriotism and public service. You know nothing about either.”

“It’s hard to think of anyone else who has been at least in the past year or six months, more high profile, more influential in terms of their public support of Trump,” Dallek told the Hill. “Musk, the richest person in the world, has put much of his sources and his bully pulpit behind Trump.”

“What does he [Musk] do with that massive platform? Well, he names government officials who he says he wants to fire,” added the professor.

The Hill also took great exception with Musk’s criticism of underhanded Special Counsel Jack Smith whose lawfare against Trump has been an un-American travesty.

Musk’s vow to counter the malign influence of the George Soros octopus was also given as an example of the X owner’s “taste for revenge.”

“He has a huge platform, and anytime you do — we’ve seen what type of bluster and misinformation and just spiteful, hateful rhetoric has had on, not just our elections, but on our society as whole,” Kristen Hawn, a Democrat strategist told the outlet.

“The impact that his words have in general, given his platform, and also given his influence within the White House,” is “certainly” enough to have ramifications, she added.

“Even by making a threat, even by the very act of intimidating someone like Vindman or these government officials already does a lot of damage,” Dallek said. “It already has a big impact, because those people then become targeted. They become targeted by Musk’s followers, by Trump’s, the MAGA [Make America Great Again] movement.”

Hawn added that Musk is “not some altruistic person here,” referring to his backing of Trump. “He clearly sees the benefit of being this close, spending all this time at Mar-a-Lago.”

“And being this close to the president-elect and having the responsibilities given to him by the president that could potentially impact not just government spending, but the workforce,” she added. “That is concerning because he has his own objectives.”

Trump tapped Musk to head up the new Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) which is tasked with cutting waste and improving efficiency in the federal government.

“It just makes me nervous in general, the way I have seen Trump make decisions … and certainly Musk as well,” Rep. Adam Smith (D-WA) recently told the Wall Street Journal. “Musk clearly has influence now.”

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