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Kara Swisher on Elon Musk: 'He's unelected, unaccountable, enormously wealthy'

As Elon Musk considers merging Tesla and SpaceX, tech journalist Kara Swisher examines his business strategy, growing political influence and power over the war in Ukraine.

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