{"id":2386953,"date":"2025-01-06T13:31:01","date_gmt":"2025-01-06T18:31:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/norwegian-prime-minister-worried-by-musks-international-power-plays\/"},"modified":"2025-01-06T13:32:32","modified_gmt":"2025-01-06T18:32:32","slug":"norwegian-prime-minister-worried-by-musks-international-power-plays","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/norwegian-prime-minister-worried-by-musks-international-power-plays\/","title":{"rendered":"Norwegian prime minister worried by Musk&#8217;s international power plays"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fnorwegian-prime-minister-worried-by-musks-international-power-plays%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2386953&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Norwegian\u200d Prime Minister Jonas \u200bGahr\u200d St\u00f8re has \u2064criticized Elon MuskS increasing involvement in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/putin-targets-bidens-good-memory-when-asked-about-biden-saying-putin-has-no-soul\/\" title=\"Putin Targets Biden\u2019s \u2018Good Memory\u2019 When Asked About Biden Saying Putin Has \u2018No Soul\u2019\">international politics<\/a>,expressing concern over the tech mogul&#8217;s interventions in various countries&#8217; affairs.Musk, known \u200cfor his support of political figures like President-elect\u2064 Donald Trump and the right-wing Option f\u00fcr \u2062Deutschland party in Germany, has called for meaningful leadership changes in the UK and othre nations. St\u00f8re remarked on the\u200c potential implications of Musk&#8217;s ample influence through \u2062social media and\u2062 financial \u200bpower, indicating that such involvement disrupts the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/is-anyone-more-annoying-or-treacherous-than-barack-obama\/\" title=\"Is Anyone More Annoying or Treacherous than Barack Obama?\">democratic processes<\/a> among\u200d allied nations. This criticism comes as St\u00f8re&#8217;s own left-leaning Labor Party faces declining popularity ahead of upcoming elections, <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">mirroring similar political challenges<\/a> \u200bin Germany and the UK.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Musk faces pushback from Norwegian <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/uk-govt-lockdown-to-last-12-months-expect-repeated-vaccinations\/\" title=\"UK Govt: Lockdown to Last 12+ Months, Expect Repeated Vaccinations\">prime minister<\/a> for international power plays<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1927888\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/norway\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Norwegian<\/a> Prime Minister Jonas Gahr St&oslash;re denounced <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/elon-musk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Elon Musk<\/a>&rsquo;s growing involvement in international politics as the tech titan continues to intervene in world affairs.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>Musk, a top ally of President-elect <a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Donald Trump<\/a>, has attracted attention in recent weeks for backing Germany&rsquo;s right-wing Alternative fur Deutschland party and calling on the United Kingdom to embrace crucial leadership changes.<\/p>\n<p>Responding to a question Monday about whether he was concerned Musk would insert himself into Norwegian politics, St&oslash;re replied, &ldquo;I find it worrying that a man with enormous access to social media and large financial resources is so directly involved in the internal affairs of other countries.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;This is not how it should be between democracies and allies,&rdquo; St&oslash;re told NRK, Norway&rsquo;s state broadcaster.<\/p>\n<p>St&oslash;re has led Norway&rsquo;s left-leaning Labour Party since 2014. He is facing a falling out in the country and plummeting favorability ratings ahead of the September elections, with some party members calling on the prime minister to resign.<\/p>\n<p>The political environment in Norway resembles those of Germany and the U.K., where Musk called for change as the ruling left-leaning parties faced declining approval ratings from the public.<\/p>\n<p>In Germany, Musk has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/3266635\/musk-endorses-right-wing-germany-afd-party\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">endorsed<\/a> AfD as an alternative to the country&rsquo;s left-wing Social Democratic Party, led by Chancellor Olaf Scholz. As they face growing competition from the right-leaning party, top German officials have <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/foreign-policy\/3272596\/german-government-criticizes-elon-musk-influence-election\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">condemned<\/a> Musk&rsquo;s move, accusing him of &ldquo;trying to influence the federal election.&rdquo; Ahead of Germany&rsquo;s February elections, the billionaire founder of Tesla and SpaceX will hold a live discussion this week on his platform, X, with AfD&rsquo;s candidate for chancellor, Alice Weidel.<\/p>\n<p>Musk has also called on British Prime Minister Keir Starmer to resign. The tech mogul is instead backing the alternative UK Reform party, but he has called on Nigel Farage, the group&rsquo;s leader, to be replaced, saying &ldquo;he doesn&rsquo;t have what it takes.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">British Prime Minister Keir Starmer, right, and Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Store, left, talk during a meeting on Monday, Dec. 16, 2024, in Bergen, Norway. (Leon Neal\/Pool Photo via AP)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Similar to the U.K. and Germany, momentum for the political Right has grown in Norway as polling shows the country is increasingly disillusioned with the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/house-members-reach-agreement-on-january-6-commission\/\" title=\"House Members Reach Agreement On January 6 Commission\">current government<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;This is a crisis, we can&rsquo;t talk around that,&rdquo; Hedda Foss Five, the Labour-aligned mayor of Skien, Norway, told NRK in September 2023 after she was ousted by Marius Roheim Aarvold, who capitalized on widespread dissatisfaction with the status quo to become the municipality&rsquo;s first conservative mayor in roughly two decades. &ldquo;I don&rsquo;t think our politics are working, they&rsquo;re not helping people, and they don&rsquo;t think they&rsquo;re important.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Polling released in November 2024 revealed Norway&rsquo;s right-leaning Progress Party, or FrP, led by Sylvi Listhaug, has gained significant momentum with voters, according to an analysis by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nrk.no\/norge\/frp-storre-enn-regjeringspartia-samla-pa-nrks-maling-for-november-1.17093744\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">NRK<\/a>. The populist FrP favors policies including downsizing government bureaucracy, reforming immigration, and reducing taxes.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I think people see that FrP is absolutely necessary if we are to get a new course,&rdquo; Listhaug told the outlet. &ldquo;Labour and the Conservative Party have become quite similar to each other in some areas.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>However, if Musk throws his weight behind FrP, he can expect to face immediate backlash from the country&rsquo;s incumbent elected officials.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;If we were to see [political involvement from Musk]&nbsp;in Norway, I hope and assume that a united Norwegian political environment would warn and distance itself from it,&rdquo; St&oslash;re said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1927888\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1927888\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Norwegian PM criticizes Musk&#8217;s interference in global politics<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3142,"featured_media":2386954,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/GettyImages-2183892325.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[32192,47997,47996,5894],"class_list":["post-2386953","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner","tag-elon-musk","tag-international-power","tag-norwegian-prime-minister","tag-politics"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/GettyImages-2183892325.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2386953","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3142"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2386953"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2386953\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2386957,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2386953\/revisions\/2386957"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2386954"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2386953"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2386953"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2386953"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}