Last week, Tesla CEO Elon Musk tweeted the idea of a “peace plan” for Ukraine. As the well-known US political scientist Ian Bremmer claims to have learned from Musk personally, Musk is said to have previously telephoned Russia’s President Putin. Musk denies this.
Elon Musk is known for using the short message service Twitter as a kind of personal notepad – with sometimes massive effects. In November 2021, for example, the Tesla boss had a vote on Twitter whether a tenth of his Tesla shares worth around 20 billion dollars should be sold. The share price then plummeted.
As the richest man in the world, the 51-year-old insists on taking a stance on political issues. At the beginning of last week he posted his idea of a peace plan for Ukraine (the star reported):
“Peace between Ukraine and Russia:
- Repeat elections in the annexed regions under UN supervision. Russia will leave Ukraine if that is the will of the people.
- Crimea is formally part of Russia, as it has been since 1783 (until Khrushchev’s mistake).
- The water supply of the Crimea is secured.
- Ukraine remains neutral.”
This time, too, he called on his followers to vote under the tweet – the result: 40.9 percent of the followers agreed to the plan, 59.1 percent opposed it. However, the reactions that followed were much more violent. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy was outraged and even called for a counter-vote on Twitter.
US political scientist claims to have learned from Musk personally about the phone call with Putin
As the well-known US political scientist Ian Bremmer claims to have learned personally from Musk two weeks ago, according to media reports, the Tesla boss telephoned Kremlin boss Vladimir Putin before the controversial post. According to media reports, Bremmer wrote in a newsletter from the consulting firm Eurasia Group, which Bremmer founded, that Musk had told him that Putin was “ready to negotiate”. The prerequisite: the Crimean peninsula would remain under Russian control, Ukraine would have to commit to permanent neutrality and recognize the annexation of the Luhansk, Donetsk, Cherson and Zaporizhia regions.
In addition, Putin assured the tech billionaire that he would “definitely” achieve these war goals, regardless of the costs. Should Ukrainian groups invade Crimea, which was annexed in 2014, Putin would go on to a “major escalation”. The Kremlin chief would not shy away from using nuclear weapons. Bremmer reportedly wrote in the email that Musk had told him that “everything must be done to avoid this outcome”.
Elon Musk denies having a phone call with Putin
After the US magazines “Vice” and “Businessinsider” reported on the alleged phone call, Musk denied Bremmer’s claim.
“Hi Elon Musk. Is that true?” US journalist Sven Henrich asked the Tesla boss on Twitter, linking to the corresponding “Vice” article. Musk’s response: “No, that’s not true. I only spoke to Putin once, and that was about 18 months ago. It was about space.”
About four hours later, Ian Bremmer also spoke on Twitter. “Elon Musk told me he spoke directly to Putin and the Kremlin about Ukraine. He also told me what the Kremlin’s red lines are,” the political scientist tweeted. “I’ve been writing my weekly geopolitics newsletter for 24 years. I write honestly and impartially and this week’s update was no different.”
“I’ve long admired Musk as a unique and world-changing entrepreneur, which I’ve said publicly,” adds Bremmer – but not without a side swipe: “He’s not a geopolitics expert.”
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