Alleged talks between billionaire and Russian president could have enormous security implications

Elon Musk, the world’s richest man who is now central to Donald Trump’s election campaign, has been in regular contact with Vladimir Putin for the past two years, according to a report in the US.

The Wall Street Journal, citing several in-post and former US, European and Russian officials, reported that the conversations between the two men ranged from the personal to the geopolitical and included a request from the Russian leader not to activate his Starlink ​​satellite internet service over Taiwan as a favour to the Chinese leader and Putin ally, Xi Jinping.

  • Pacattack57@lemmy.worldEnglish
    20·
    18 hours ago

    Is t there a law that says private citizens shouldn’t be representing the US with foreign leaders?

    • Dem Bosain@midwest.socialEnglish
      211·
      14 hours ago

      Why yes there is, from the 19th century. But it’s not about abortion, so surely is unenforceable.

    • yemmly@lemmy.worldEnglish
      8·
      14 hours ago

      If he wasn’t the richest being in the known universe, he’d be fighting an indictment right now.