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Bruno Le Maire is leading a charge to push the narrative that any victory for the RN (France's alt-right party) would be courtesy of Elon Musk—because he supposedly single-handedly elected Trump.

France’s self-anointed guardians of democracy, led by the ever-smug former Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire, slither onto state-run TV channel France 2’s “Complément d’enquête” tonight (January 8, 2026, at 11 PM, for those tuning in to the spectacle) to peddle their latest fever dream. In an episode brazenly titled “Elon Musk, the Billionaire Who Chooses Presidents,” Le Maire doesn’t mince words: If we can’t outright ban X, then by God, let’s slap it with mass censorship to neuter its “dangerous” influence.

“We have facing an adversary who has a fire power that is a thousand times stronger than ours, but who happens not to be a French national, not a European national, and who is meddling in matters that are none of his business. The reason I say we must stop this is because this is what will happen in the next French presidential election: he will intervene” States Lemaire on Complément d’enquête. Do you think that’s possible, asks the journalist. It’s not possible, it’s certain, replies Le Maire.”

Watch these entrenched elites and their lapdog public media flacks weave their narrative: Any RN triumph in 2027—presidential or otherwise—won’t be the French people’s will, oh no. It’ll be the dastardly hand of Musk, that South African interloper who “chose” Trump with his billions and now allegedly eyes Europe’s far-right.

The subtext? If the “wrong” side wins, we’ll pull a Romania—annul the vote over “foreign interference” and rerun until the electorate gets it “right.” Remember Romania’s 2024 presidential debacle, voided by courts amid cries of Russian meddling? That’s the blueprint these authoritarians-in-denial are salivating over, all while a Paris prosecutor’s probe into X (launched summer 2025) conveniently labels dissent as “disinformation.”

This Camarilla ruling France in one flavor or another for half a century—can’t fathom that their own sneering disdain for ordinary French folk, coupled with epic policy flops on immigration, economy, and security, is fueling the RN’s rise. Introspection is for losers. Instead, they fixate on Musk’s “radicalization” during Covid, his ideological zigzags, and his knack for “fascination,” as Le Maire sniffs in the interview.

They’re terrified their cushy sinecures are about to evaporate. The “good hot soup” of power perks? May be drying up fast.

Bruno Le Maire, the self-proclaimed economic wizard who strutted as Macron’s Finance Minister, only to leave France’s public finances in tatters—debt exploding past 110% of GDP, deficits ballooning thanks to creative bookkeeping and endless “whatever it takes” spending sprees. Seven years of fiscal carnage, and what’s his reward? A cushy landing in the private sector.

The trajectory is almost poetic in its cynicism. First, post-ministry in 2024, he lands a teaching gig at Lausanne’s Enterprise for Society center (tied to EPFL, UNIL, and IMD), lecturing on “sustainable” policies—ironic, given the unsustainable hole he dug in France’s budget. Then, a brief advisory stint at Dutch chip giant ASML in early 2025, counseling on Europe’s semiconductor ecosystem (approved by ethics watchdogs, naturally). But that fizzled by October 2025, amid his aborted comeback as Defense Minister in the comically short-lived Lecornu government.

And now, the pièce de résistance: As of January 8, 2026, Le Maire joins New York’s Macro Advisory Partners (MPA) as “Senior Advisor.” This boutique firm, founded by Nader Mousavizadeh (ex-UN advisor to Kofi Annan, whom Le Maire knew from the 2003 Iraq crisis days as chief-of-staff of the Foreign Minister Dominique de Villepin), specializes in “trusted counsel” for multinationals navigating geopolitics and economics. Translation: They monetize ex-officials’ networks. MAP’s roster already brims with has-beens like Brian Deese (Biden econ advisor)—perfect company for our boy Bruno.

Prosaically? It’s a classic influence-peddling scheme. Obsolete politicians and high-ranking civil servants, stripped of power but loaded with connections, get parked in these firms to open doors for corporate clients. Le Maire’s pitch: His “unique background in European financial policy” (read: years of schmoozing Brussels and Berlin while France’s accounts bled red). Clients pay handsomely for that insider access—far more than his old ministerial salary.