It seems that Trump is not the only strongman in the Tesla CEO’s life, and it is alleged that he has been in regular contact with Vladimir Putin and his aides for the last three years, as per a report by the Wall Street Journal.
The Journal makes even more startling revelations, which include Elon Musk being engaged in secret conversations with the Russian president and other top officials.
The report also alleged that one of the tasks was to spread Russian disinformation on Musk’s social media platform.
The disinformation was linked to different fields such as business, geopolitics, and personal matters.
The journal quoted current and former officials from the U.S., Europe, and Russia as the sources of this information.
Elon Musk Has Top Secret Clearance
The report has started alarm bells ringing, especially considering the fact that Elon Musk has been a diehard supporter of Donald Trump and also has top secret clearance by virtue of being the head of SpaceX, which is tasked with launching satellites that are a vital component of US national security.
He is also the proprietor of social media platform X, which boasts 600 million active users.
Meanwhile, political commentator Keith Olbermann has called for Elon Musk to be deported and asked Biden to get the billionaire ‘the F out of our country’.
Former MSNBC host Keith Olbermann also added that President Biden should use presidential immunity to get this task done.
For the unversed, political commentator Keith Olbermann is a staunch critic of President Trump and derided Musk for his criticism of FEMA and his unflinching support for the former US President.
Olbermann, in a video posted to social media, stated,
“It is now time to cancel all of Elon Musk’s government contracts. Tesla, SpaceX, whatever other crap he’s selling us,”
The WSJ report also cited one of Musk’s close associates, Putin’s first deputy chief of staff, Sergei Kiriyenko, who has been indicted by the U.S. Justice Department and has been accused of creating 30 internet domains to spread disinformation, including on X.
It is not clear if Musk was already talking to the Russians when he was in the process of acquiring X in 2022.
However, since he acquired the social media platform, he has become critical of the US Government policies, especially its massive aid to Ukraine.
Musk has also not stopped the massive Russian disinformation from running rampant on X and becoming Trump’s second-biggest campaign booster.
WSJ asked for Musk’s response, which was delayed, but he replied on X on political commentator Keith Olbermann’s charges.
Olbermann has achieved the impossible and gone BEYOND “full retard”
SpaceX is the primary communication system of the Ukrainian military on the front lines, because everything else has been destroyed or jammed by the Russians!
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) October 25, 2024
Musk wrote,
“Olbermann has achieved the impossible. SpaceX is the primary communication system of the Ukrainian military on the front lines, because everything else has been destroyed or jammed by the Russians!”
However, Musk did not deny that he was in contact with Putin.
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