14 SEPTEMBER 2023
Elon Musk, the American billionaire and Tesla and SpaceX founder, has refused to answer questions about the damage caused to Ukraine by the shutdown of Starlinks, or questions about compliments from Russian dictator Vladimir Putin.
Source: Sky News
Details: A reporter from the TV channel met Musk as he was leaving a meeting at the Federal Aviation Administration in Washington.
The journalist asked Musk several times whether his ignorance and ego had cost Ukrainian lives.
Musk ignored his questions.
Elon Musk, the American billionaire and Tesla and SpaceX founder, has refused to answer questions about the damage caused to Ukraine by the shutdown of Starlinks, or questions about compliments from Russian dictator Vladimir Putin.
Source: Sky News
Details: A reporter from the TV channel met Musk as he was leaving a meeting at the Federal Aviation Administration in Washington.
The journalist asked Musk several times whether his ignorance and ego had cost Ukrainian lives.
Musk ignored his questions.
Musk also did not reply when asked whether he appreciated being called “outstanding” by President Putin.
Background:
- CNN, which obtained an excerpt from Musk’s biography written by American journalist and author Walter Isaacson, reported that in 2022 Musk supposedly secretly ordered the disconnection of Starlink communications off the coast of Crimea to disrupt Ukraine’s attack on the Russian navy in Sevastopol.
- Musk confirmed the disruption of the drone attack on the Russian fleet in Crimea. The billionaire said that he did not switch off the Starlink satellite connection for the drones, but when Ukraine requested it be turned on, he refused. He also reiterated the “need for a truce”.
- Vadym Skibitskyi, a representative from Defence Intelligence of Ukraine, said that the information that Musk had ordered the disconnection of Starlink over Crimea to disrupt the attack on the Russian fleet should be thoroughly checked.
- US Senator Elizabeth Warren has demanded an investigation into SpaceX.
- There was also a large-scale disruption of Starlink on the night of 12-13 September during a Ukrainian attack on Sevastopol Bay.
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Musk is a clown. Either he is a mafia asset or he is a spineless coward. Either way, he has blood on his hands now.
While it’s true, Musk has blood on his hands, I do think he deserves a fair trial by public opinion. Let’s not forget that this whole issue was triggered by his decision to generously donate thousands of Starlink terminals to Ukraine, at a crucial time when network capacity there wasn’t on the necessary level for modern warfare. In hindsight, I guess it’s safe to say that he acted out of an impulse to come to the rescue of the attacked nation, the “underdog” in this war. That’s laudable, no doubt about that. Also, apparently he hadn’t really thought the implications through at this moment, though. Only later did it dawn on him that his company had become a rather direct contributor to acts of war because of this, on the same level as a supplier of ammunition. And that’s when his bad judgment of people and circumstances made him derail from the right track.
As a person with Asperger traits, Musk simply doesn’t have the necessary social intelligence for such decisions, his lack of empathy is well documented. So, he can’t really understand the struggle of people in times of war and also is rather bad at seeing through the true intentions of other guys. For a skilled sociopath like Putin, he became an easy victim, the unscrupulous dictator played him like a fiddle. And that manipulation had a fatal impact, making Musk believe in the lie of a possible nuclear escalation.
Still, the fooled Starlink boss bears responsibility for this. At his age, he really should know about his own limitations and never have run the risk of being turned into a clown. To even communicate with the Kremlin was a dire mistake, no excuses for that. It’s Musk’s own hubris that did him in, his belief in his own infallibility, and as a result, propably hundreds of Ukrainians had been killed and wounded by naval cruse missiles. In war, bad decisions happen, but to prevent the strike on russian warships was an especially tragic one. The red color of Musk’s nose in the picture is the blood of innocent civilians and he has to live with this stain now.
I agree with everything you say. I laud his donations early in the war to help Ukraine maintain its communication and navigation.
But, you’d figure that, as a person with his amount of wealth, he would have some really competent people advising him on such important matters like this. I think he could and should have better people in place for this than what we see in certain capital cities, if he is a clever as he’s purported to be. On the same note, if he was, then he could figure things out for himself. For one, the ruskies who are in charge of such weapons won’t cause a nuclear Armageddon just because of the Crimea. They love their lives too much, and their luxuries, too. Both are impossible to enjoy when the world is a nuclear wasteland. They also might as well put bullets into the heads of their wives and children, too, before “pushing the button”. Musk, as a filthy rich guy, should know all of this.
Putin loves him dearly.
Elon Must musk be eliminated.
The far-right political group in the European Parliament wants to make the American billionaire Elon Musk a laureate of the Sakharov Prize , seeing him as the main “appreciator” of human rights in 2023.
According to the publication Politico , Mask was proposed for nomination by the group Identity and Democracy (ID), which includes supporters of the views of French politician Marine Le Pen (leader of the “National Front” party) and Deputy Chairman of the Council of Ministers of Italy Matteo Salvini – these figures are known for their pro-Russian statements about the war in Ukraine, just like Musk himself.
HE SAVED THE LIVES OF RUSSIAN SAILORS IN SEBASTOPOL: MARINE LE PEN.
Any far-right grouping is a shit-clogged sewer, we all know that. They’re no different from the far-left shit nuggets.
“Elon Musk called the self-ruled island of Taiwan an “integral part of China.” (CNN)
This subhuman is depraved and without morals.
He’s a little guy who thinks he’s important while no one cares about his opinion and his Teslas. He adores “grandeur” and absolute power. So he adores the Kremlin dwarf and all other rats of this species.
But is there anyone who can shut his big mouth? Definitely ?!
I hope our Congress will set him straight.
In the meantime, any righteous person on this globe can help by not buying his ugly and overpriced cars.
Please note that even his own sympathetic biographer Isaacson (imho almost on the level of a public relations spindoctor) noted in the book that Musk has no natural sense of empathy. He’s simply unable to feel the suffering of other people and that’s why he’s such a horrible boss and such a failure on political issues. He’s really the last guy who should have a say about the future of Ukraine or Taiwan. And as an adult person, he should be aware of the limitations of his judgment by now. It would be good if Musk would learn this lesson soon, or else it will eventually trigger his fall. He has risen too high on the social ladder, he can’t really afford to act this foolish anymore. People have supported this rise, but they can kick him down again, too. It did happen to much nicer guys than Musk.