One House Republican declared, “It feels like as if Elon Musk is our prime minister.” The closer one looks, the worse the comment appears. If there were any doubts about Elon Musk’s political influence in the contemporary Republican Party, they were largely erased last week. After all, the world’s wealthiest individual managed to play a leading role in derailing a bipartisan spending bill negotiated by the GOP’s own elected congressional leaders. What’s more, as the process unfolded,