Summary

Elon Musk accused Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy of “feeding off the dead bodies of soldiers” and falsely claimed he is “despised” by Ukrainians, echoing Donald Trump’s rhetoric.

Musk also threatened changes to X’s Community Notes after fact-checkers refuted his claims. Trump and Musk’s remarks align with Russian propaganda, prompting European leaders to reaffirm support for Ukraine.

Observers rejected claims that Ukraine is a dictatorship, emphasizing that its wartime election suspension is both legal and justified, similar to the UK’s approach during World War II.

Critics argue Musk’s stance undermines free speech and factual discourse while aiding Kremlin narratives against Ukraine.

    • TheLowestStone
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      41 day ago

      So much money that my brain is incapable of truly understanding what it would look like in cash.

      • @[email protected]
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        39 hours ago

        Just to give you some perspective. One hundred million dollars in 100 dollar bills would be a pallet stacked about 4 feet high. A semi trailer could hold about 56 of those pallets, or $5.6B. As of today, Forbes says Elon is worth $384B, which would be about 68.5 semi trailers full of $100 bills.

        But I’m sure more would materially improve his life.

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        Visualizing f a billion dollars

        Forbes real-time billionaire list

      • @atomicorange
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        418 hours ago

        His net worth is about 17% of all the cash in circulation in the US. One asshole.

        • @[email protected]
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          111 hours ago

          Which is a fun trivia but a bit irrelevant. His net worth is in overvalued tesla shares, it’s not like his owns 17% of all dollar bills, stored in a huge swimming pool.

          For a brief while, Max Fosh had a higher net worth than him.