A war of words has broken out between eccentric billionaire Elon Musk and Political Scientist Ian Bremmer when he claimed in a report that Musk had indeed directly spoken with Putin on Ukraine issue.
The Tesla billionaire proposed a peace plan to stop Russia’s horrific invasion of Ukraine on Twitter on Tuesday, according to Bremmer’s Eurasia Group newsletter, which said Musk had spoken “personally” to Putin last week. The plan might require Ukraine to cede a sizable amount of its land. Musk has denied speaking to Putin.
elon musk told me he had spoken with putin and the kremlin directly about ukraine. he also told me what the kremlin’s red lines were.
— ian bremmer (@ianbremmer) October 11, 2022
To which Musk had replied in his usual style:
Nobody should trust Bremmer
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) October 11, 2022
Elon Musk has known to wade into controversies, but experts like Bremmer suggest that he should not be meddling with this as it is not his area of expertise.
This has also sparked funny reactions among reddit users where one user named ‘bomandi’ remarked “First lesson of auto-pilot, Musk: stay in your lane.”.