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.

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    13 days ago

    Man I just love that our dumb fuck leaders are regurgitating Kremlin lies for our dumb fuck citizens to lap up like dogs.

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    One is defending his homeland from an oppressive and authoritarian regime.

    The other sells cars that drive people into walls and fire trucks, then cancels the people investigating and regulating his company.

    Who feeds off dead bodies?

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    It still baffles me that the party that wraps itself in the American flag and calls themselves “Patriots” seem to have no problem what so ever in letting a non-elected immigrant run the country.

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    He knows we can talk to the people of Ukraine, doesn’t he? Like, it’s not like the olden days where very few people ever directly communicated with people from other countries. You can’t just pretend we don’t know how they feel about stuff.

    Elections are suspended because no one has time to “run an election”. Basically, that is not at all what is important right now. A much larger and more powerful country is literally trying to erase them. It’s so far failing to do so in a staggering way that is probably super embarrassing. Ukraine is not doing OK in the grander sense, of course, but they are doing way better than anyone would have expected, especially the Ukrainian people. Zelensky has managed to maintain both support and respect, but more importantly, morale.

    Zelensky is a big problem to Russia, you know how you can tell? Listen to Elon and Trump talk about him…

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    I don’t want to call for anything illegal here but Elon Musk has to go somehow or some way. He’s a danger to the western world. He is compromisable and a facist.

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    Is it allowed to say that I honestly can’t wait to see Elon gone from this planet? What a piece of shit human being ugh

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    Every person, every business on this fascist propaganda sewer is now on The List. Time’s up.

    Oh you need it for - Don’t care. It’s a good tool to - Don’t care. OFF. NOW.

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    Why is anybody listening to that little Muskrat? Guy needs to be put in a rocket and shipped to Mars so we dont have to listen to his manic rantings. I feel sorry for his 12 kids .

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    Musk also threatened changes to X’s Community Notes after fact-checkers refuted his claims.

    The only part of this that surprises me is that it didn’t happen sooner. Musk is so thin-skinned that he’s indistinguishable from an anatomical model of a human.