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Elon Musk joined Trump call with Ukraine’s Zelensky after US election

www.cnn.com Elon Musk joined Trump-Zelensky call amid concerns for future of Ukraine war | CNN

Trump put the call on speaker and Zelensky thanked Musk for his help with providing communications through Starlink to Ukraine in the ongoing war with Russia, a source told CNN.

Tech tycoon Elon Musk joined a call between US President-elect Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky the day after the presidential election, according to a source with knowledge of the situation.

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Since when do we allow regular civilians to participate in diplomatic calls?
I guess we now know who will really hold power in the oval office. Spoiler: it's not Trump
He paid for Ukraine's StarLink connections that he shuts off when Musk feels like it, and the incoming president who will shut off aid when Musk feels like it.
nice, a five year old participating in diplomacy regarding nation destroying wars. what could go wrong.
hasnt musk given his starlink crap to the russian military?
God, I feel for Zelensky... Imagine fighting for your existence against Russia and having to talk to these morons for help.
Remember when they used to try to keep corruption somewhat hidden and deniable? Now the richest man in the world is just going to be walking around the White House, tugging the government’s leash on full display.
Fucker will disable Starlink in Ukraine and allow it in Russia
Musk's whole "slash government spending" schtick is such a farce. Tesla wouldn't have domestic manufacturing facilities without a DOE loan. SpaceX survives off of government contracts.
Hilarious that his administration is already leaking worse than a Russian submarine.
Zelensky deserves better than these hosers
Ukraine is f*cked now and soon Europe too.
What a dilema for Ukraine! I feel their abandonment will be a microcosm for our leaving to the wolves.
This is bad
When you're a star they let you do it.
A scammer gets reeled into a phone call between a president and a mobster wannabe.

Great timeline
Doesn't he have like ten companies to run... into the ground?
"Look honey, the clown show already started."
Do y'all think Elon's looking to run for office one day? Or does he just find it exciting to be included?
I wonder if this will make it into the Senate Confirmation Hearings when Trump makes him Secretary of Making Things Worse Before They Get Better. (Or maybe they are smart enough to not give him a job that requires Congressional approval....)
Not a surprise knowing Trump these days.
So Trump and Vance are outsourcing their jobs to Musk...?
My prediction is Zelenasky will call for an ellection allowing Trump to fund the war without looking weak after the shut he said about Zelenasky.

It is a real possibility since iran and russia are working together and trump backs israel against iran. The logical next step is to back ukraine againts russia.

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