Is it really the plan to take over Greenland and the Panama Canal? It's been a weird week

Opinion We all know the US's incoming president, Donald Trump, has gone off-script in a way that is almost comical. Gulf of America? Make Greenland great again? Taking over the Panama Canal?

Unfortunately, there's a method to his pronouncements. After all, he was elected president, and millions of Americans think he's God's gift to the country.

But, why are tech leaders and billionaires cosying up to him?

In the case of Elon Musk, many would guess that power and money lie at the heart of the new friendship. Musk, who also seems to be wandering further into internet troll territory by the day, has become the "First Buddy." 

It wasn't always that way. After all, Musk said Trump didn't have "the sort of character that reflects well on the United States," and advised that people shouldn't elect him back in 2016. As recently ...