“American billionaire, ally of US President-elect Donald Trump, Elon Musk ridiculed President Volodymyr Zelenskyi’s statement that Ukraine is an independent country that cannot be forced to “sit down and listen” at the negotiating table.”, — write: www.pravda.com.ua
Source: Musk in the social network Kh
Details: Musk reposted Zelensky’s modified quote from an interview with Ukrainian Radio. In a tweet reposted by the billionaire, the quote sounded like this: “The US cannot force us to ‘sit and listen’ at the negotiating table. We are an independent country.”
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“He has an amazing sense of humor,” Musk commented.
He sense of humor is amazing 😂https://t.co/4BL4rTXaZS https://t.co/pacq5vNkza
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) November 16, 2024
He also attached a link to an article from 2021, updated in the early days of the full-scale Russian invasion, about how Zelensky was a comedian with no political experience who became a military leader.
What preceded: In an interview with Ukrainian Radio, to a clarifying question about whether Trump made a demand for Ukraine to participate in negotiations with Russia, Zelenskyy answered: “We are an independent country. And we are during this war – both our people and I personally are in negotiations with The USA, both with Trump, and with Biden, and with European leaders, have proven that the rhetoric of “Sit and listen” does not work with us.”
Prehistory:
- Elon Musk played a key role in Donald Trump’s winning campaign in the US presidential election, investing tens of millions of dollars in it and promoting Trump on his social network.
- Trump made it clear he would reward his billionaire supporter, promising in a September speech to create a government efficiency commission headed by Musk if he wins the election.
- Later it became known that the billionaire took part in the telephone conversation between Donald Trump and the President of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelenskyi.
- On November 13, the Trump transition team announced that businessmen Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy will lead the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) under the new Donald Trump administration.
- On November 15, it became known that Musk met with Iran’s ambassador to the United Nations, Amir Saeed Iravani, to “defuse tensions” between Iran and the United States.