"The Washington Post": US authorities are afraid of Elon Musk's influence

"The Washington Post": 

US authorities are afraid of Elon Musk's influence

The Washington Post writes that the US authorities are concerned about the growing political influence and reckless statements made by US billionaire Elon Musk, but are forced to cooperate with him.

According to article writer Mary Jordan, Musk

while cooperating with the US government and helping the country achieve dominance in space and contributing to the widespread use of electric vehicles

his statements about the situation in Taiwan

and his statement that he was unwilling to continue bearing Starlink's operating expenses on behalf of Ukraine, caused tension in the relationship with Washington.

According to the author of the article

• "Musk after becoming an influential figure in

• the world no longer needs Washington

• in return Washington still relies on him..

• The US authorities consider Musk a very influential and reckless person

but Washington still needs the president of SpaceX

because the US armed forces use his equipment, and NASA is forced to rely on the businessman's rockets to get astronauts to the International Space Station. "

However, the U.S.

government is reducing its reliance on Musk, by collaborating with competitors and developing them through contracts and government subsidies.

Pentagon Deputy Press Secretary Sabrina Singh says:

"SpaceX is not the only company. there are others we can cooperate with when it comes to providing Ukraine with what it needs on the battlefield ".

Jordan said: 

• Many followed Musk when he wrote earlier about the war in Ukraine

• that he doubted the possibility of Kiev's victory in the event of a full-scale war

• and called on the parties for peace.

Later, the American businessman explained that the eastern regions of Ukraine preferred Russia and, to confirm his position, published a map of the results of the 2012 elections in the Republic.

the map shows that the majority in the east of the country voted for the Party of Regions, which Musk considered pro-Russian ".

But in Kiev

"his vision of conflict resolution was sharply criticized. The head of Vladimir Zelensky's office, Andrei Ermak, described Western politicians and businessmen calling for peace as "useful idiots".

The former Ambassador of Ukraine to Germany, André Melnik, rebuked Musk, describing Tesla's electric vehicles as a "scrap pile", and promising a complete boycott of his products by citizens.

Musk calls Washington Post

journalists hypocrites after article about him

American businessman Elon Musk called

the Washington Post's editors hypocrites

after publishing materials in which they said "the US administration was increasingly concerned about its growing influence."

Musk responded to a message from a user that the newspaper considered Musk a "threat to national security", while the publication's slogan says that "democracy dies in darkness".

1. Musk wrote
2. The Washington Post" exactly.
3. They are like hypocrites ".

In particular, Washington Post journalists noted that Musk "helped the bipartisan efforts" win the support of Washington, where he dined with President Barack Obama and provided economic advice to President Donald Trump, and now criticizes President Joe Biden and claims he plans to vote for him. "