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This Friday, Elon Musk was invited to participate in a telephone call between Donald Trump and Volodymyr Zelensky. The Tesla CEO is now establishing himself as a leading figure in the Republican's new mandate.
You will probably have to get used to it: the whimsical Elon Musk, at the head of the social network X and Space Proof of this is: this Friday, November 8, the business leader was the august guest of a telephone call, to say the least expected, between the Republican and the Ukrainian president, Volodymyr Zelensky, according to the American media Axios.
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No information has been communicated about this meeting. However, this question remains: but what does the presence of the billionaire alongside the new president of the United States bring to the sulfurous issue of the war in Ukraine? Not sure that Elon Musk will in any case allow Volodymyr Zelensky to obtain what he covets: a “fair and lasting peace”, in his own words. Last February, Elon Musk stated his position on the subject, affirming that there was “no chance” that Vladimir Putin would find himself losing in this conflict. During an event organized on the social network
“These expenses do not help Ukraine”
At that time, the Senate put on the table a bill aimed at giving 60 billion dollars to Ukraine to help kyiv in this conflict. Elon Musk then declared that he was against this outstretched hand: “These expenses do not help Ukraine. Prolonging the war does not help them”, insisted the boss of Space X. A controversial position on the raging war, and which contrasts with the deployment of a large number of Starlink satellites a few years ago to support kyiv in its military maneuvers.
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What should we expect from now on? No doubt a very rapid contact between Washington and Moscow when Donald Trump will be inaugurated as the 47th President of the United States next January. And perhaps even before… The Republican had affirmed during his campaign that he was capable of ending the war in Ukraine “in one day”. “There has been a bit of exaggeration in the idea that he would be able to do it overnight. It is certain that nothing can solve this problem overnight,” said the Kremlin spokesperson. , Dmitri Peskov But at least if the new administration seeks peace, and not the continuation of war, it will be better.
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For their part, the Ukrainians are camped in total uncertainty. The presidency obviously fears that the new president of the United States will reduce, if not eliminate, the American financial aid which until now enabled kyiv to arm itself to better defend itself.
