And for this reason alone, he cannot be considered a supporter of Putin.
The story of the alleged use of Starlink satellite communication terminals by the Russian side of the conflict in Ukraine to some extent forces Elon Musk to speak out on sensitive political topics in recent days at literally every opportunity. As reported by Bloomberg, Musk used the audio chat service Spaces on the pages of his social network X to discuss the situation around Ukraine with a number of US political figures, including several senators from various states.
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Wisconsin representative Ron Johnson, for example, expressed confidence in the inevitability of “Putin’s victory in Ukraine” and called on supporters of the opposing point of view to soberly assess the situation. Musk categorically supported this statement, and Ohio representative in the US Congress James David Vance (JD Vance) called on US parliamentarians to block the decision to allocate $95 billion in aid to Ukraine (it will receive $60 billion of this amount) and support for Taiwan, Israel, as well as humanitarian aid. assistance to the residents of the Gaza Strip.
Elon Musk tried to challenge the widespread attitude in certain circles to himself as a supporter of Putin with the statement that the companies he owned caused Russia such damage that no other parties could boast of. First, Musk is giving the Ukrainian military access to his Starlink satellite network for military operations. Secondly, Elon Musk’s private aerospace company SpaceX has stolen many clients from the Russian space agency in the field of commercial launches of satellites into orbit of our planet.