Elon Musk Fans Horrified as He Suggests Ukraine Give in to Putin’s Demands – Futurism

In an uncharacteristically brazen Twitter outpour, Tesla CEO Elon Musk suggested that Ukraine should give up parts of its territories and other rights to reach a peace agreement with Russia or else risk a bloody end to the conflict, culminating in a full blown "nuclear war."

In short, even for Musk, it's exactly the kind of opinion absolutely nobody asked for. Even his most ardent supporters were taken aback.

"Please snap out of it, E," suggested SpaceX aerospace engineer Sid Chambers.

"You are using [P]utin propaganda talking points," she added. "Fix this."

Renata Konkoly, one of Musk's most outspoken boosters on Twitter, issued a rare rebuke.

"You are assuming that I wish to be popular," Musk snapped in reply. "I dont care. I do care that millions of people may die needlessly for an essentially identical outcome."

Pseudonymous Dogecoin cocreator Shibetoshi Nakamoto, another noted Musk ally, weighed in with a meme seemingly chastising Musk as well.Even Whole Mars Catalog, a Tesla superfan whose tweets Musk sometimes interacts with, retweeted a message from a Ukrainian official pushing back against Musk's outburst.

Musk kicked things off around midday today, when he posted a pollcalling for a Ukraine-Russia peace that would give numerous concessions to Russian president Vladimir Putin including water rights and some territory.

He followed up with another Twitter poll, asking if the people of the Donbas and Crimea regions both the sites of heavy military offensives in eastern Ukraine "should decide whether theyre part of Russia or Ukraine."

Surprising nobody, the polls generated quite some buzz, with Musk accusing Twitter bots of swaying the vote.

The timing couldn't have been worse, as the news comes after Russia attempted to ratify its advances in Ukraine with sham referendums, which weren't exactly going to fool literally anybody.

Musk's solution: open elections "under UN supervision" an unrealistic suggestion at best. And if Russia refused those supervised elections?

"Then war it is," Musk concluded.

The big question iswhy Musk decided to start burning bridges now. He had already accrued a significant amount of good will after shipping thousands of Starlink internet satellite terminals to Ukraine, which have reportedly had a significant impact.

Reactions from officials started to pour in as well, with Ukrainian diplomat Andriy Melnyk telling the richest man in the world to "f*** off."

"Which Elon Musk do you like more?" Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky wrote in his own poll, with the two options being "one who supports Ukraine" and "one who support Russia."

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