Trump surmised: Yes, we might have our internal squabbles, but I am bringing tough love because we are all in this together. I mean, we’re taking people from Somalia, and Somalia is a failed – it’s not a nation. Elon Musk, a white man born in apartheid in South Africa and now the richest person in the world, has amplified such ideas. His feed on X, the social media platform that he owns, is still replete with dire warnings of white civilisation under siege. The message: I am still the great white hope.

Source: The Guardian January 21, 2026 23:48 UTC