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Elon Musk joined Trump-Zelensky call amid concerns for future of Ukraine war

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Russia is not so good on the battlefield but great at sowing dissent and getting their man elected. I’ll never understand Biden giving Ukraine just enough to not lose but jot enough to win. Ukraine is fucked. But Europeans should do more for their own defense and not rely on the U.S.

> But Europeans should do more for their own defense and not rely on the U.S.

They already have been, when you look at Ukraine assistance by GDP. The US isn't especially generous, just especially rich.

The U.S. outspends most NATO countries on defense spending a percent of GDP. The Europeans couldn't end the Serbia/Kosovo situation on their own. They needed the U.S. Europe needs to do more to defend themselves and not rely so much on the U.S.

Elon Musk amassed his wealth with the help of taxpayer dollars (through government subsidies for electric vehicles and NASA contracts) and has now bought the most valuable asset up for sale: the US Government.

The president will leave office after 4 years, but Musk is here to stay. He has said on X that he will continue to play a big role in all U.S elections going forward.

He will use his AI company xAI to generate fake images and push it to the American public on a massive scale using X [1], and politicians will have no choice but to bow to the czar of misinformation.

[1] https://x.com/elonmusk/status/1830656672211103825

Absurd.

Is it though? He's perfectly positioned to do so.

Which part? Every part is truthful.

So he's doing the same thing that many billionaire's have done for the Democrats going back to the beginning of politics?

Zelensky must be going crazy. Imagine being on a call with Trump and man child Musk.

And to know to a large extent that the future of your country is in their hands.

...wait, I thought he was already in contact with Musk for SpaceX satellite information during battle-time!

And you know what they’re doing? They’re eating the cats and dogs…

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