Elon Musk has said that Ukraine ‘needs an election’ after claims were made that Trump is reportedly holding ‘secret talks’ with Ukrainian opposition leaders in a bid for an election to be held.
The Trump administration hosted Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky last Friday (February 28) where tense talks resulted in Zelensky being escorted off the premises.
Taking to his own social media platform X, formerly Twitter, Trump’s ‘first buddy’ claimed that a Ukrainian election would see the country’s leader ‘lose by a landslide’.
Zelensky and Trump held tense talks at the White House (Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)
Musk reposted a tweet from a Conservative account, who wrote: “Trump’s team has met with key Ukrainian opposition leaders to discuss holding emergency elections to replace Zelensky. Regime change may be the only path to peace avoiding a global war.”
In response, Musk added his own thoughts, saying: “Ukraine needs to hold an election. Zelensky would lose by a landslide.”
Many people took to X to reply to the billionaire, with one user writing: “As soon as Russia pulls out of their territory and stops bombing their hotels and apartment buildings. How’s that sound?”
Another said: “Just a curiosity: who elected you?”
And a third person added: “The Ukraine’s constitution law doesn’t allow election during the war. The US has no right to interfere [with] other country election.”
Ukraine needs to hold an election. Zelensky would lose by a landslide.
UKRAINE: Trump’s team has met with key Ukrainian opposition leaders to discuss holding emergency elections to replace Zelensky. Regime change may be the only path to peace avoiding a global war.
It has been reported that four senior members of the Trump administration have held secret talks with the Ukrainian opposition leader with discussions focussing on whether the country could hold a snap election.
Trump has claimed that Zelensky is a ‘dictator’ for not holding an election, despite the fact that it is banned under martial law in the Ukrainian constitution.
Speaking to The Telegraph, one MP from the People’s Deputy of Ukraine, Oleksiy Goncharenko, said that it was ‘physically impossible’ to hold elections in the country right now.
He said: “I am no fan of Zelensky but it is just not possible given our current security circumstances. The law forbids it.
“What would happen if people who are voting are being attacked? And you’re not just speaking about voting day, elections occur over a campaign, it’s impossible.”
Musk has been very vocal of his disapproval of Zelensky in recent months, having previously labelled him as ‘evil’ on social media and accused him of being a ‘dictator’ in another.
In one post, the Tesla boss wrote: “Either Zelensky holds an election to prove that he represents the will of the people or he is a dictator.”
With Donald Trump‘s feet firmly back under the table at the White House, his role as 47th President of the United States is joined JD Vance as his official Vice President. Still, the implementation of Elon Musk as the head of the Department of Government Efficiency and power to try and slash up to $2 trillion off the federal spend means some have even elevated his title from the self-appointed ‘First Buddy’ to ‘President Musk’.
Although Musk doesn’t have a position that was voted for and is instead seen as a “special government employee”, his proximity to the POTUS is causing a divide. Major agencies, including the FBI, told staffers to ignore an email from Musk demanding to know “What did you do last week?”, while there were some awkward glances when Trump asked his cabinet whether they thought the DOGE head was doing a good job.
James Carville things Musk’s divisive nature will benefit the Democrats (Andrew Harnik / Staff / Getty)
The President seems pretty happy with the way things are going, and despite calls for Musk to be ‘more aggressive’ in slashing federal outgoings, he says that those close to him are ‘thrilled’ by what the Tesla and SpaceX CEO has accomplished in the past few weeks.
There are questions from the Democrats about just how much power Musk is wielding, but according to longtime Democratic strategist James Carville, the divisive billionaire could actually be doing the party a favor.
Speaking to NewsNation’s Chris Cuomo, Carville said Musk will ‘be the greatest generator’ for Democratic votes. Explaining why, Carville continued: “Let me say this very specifically, the greatest generator of Democratic turnout ever, more than Barack Obama.
“Musk will turn out more Democrats than Obama could, and I understand the gravity of that statement, but if he keeps going, that’s what’s going to happen.”
When Cuomo pushed Carville on why, the latter replied: “Well, I was privy to some data that in a very critical state, and the Musk stuff is like nothing I’ve ever seen in the history of polling. Like, nothing. And we’re a month into the game.”
He didn’t reveal more about this data, but according to a Washington Post-Ipsos poll from February 13-18, 49% of those asked said they didn’t think Musk was doing a good job. This was compared to just 34% approving of the way he’s handling things.
The same poll (unsurprisingly) revealed that only 6% of Democrats approved of his work when compared to 70% of Republicans.
Finally, 56% of Republicans in the poll thought it was necessary for Musk to shut down whole departments.
Carville told Democrats to bide their time instead of throwing their hands in the air or holding press conferences, doubling down on the idea that the government will ‘collapse’ within the next 30 days: “Events are coming. The budget is coming. The resolution is coming, the debt ceiling is coming.
“You can come up with every fake number you want, but you can’t fool a bond market that these people are not foolable. They’re not gonna believe any of that.”
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There’s trouble in Washington, and while Donald Trump and Elon Musk might be pushing us toward a tech-savvy future where artificial intelligence reigns supreme, the President of the United States and his ‘First Buddy’ might’ve just stumbled over themselves. One of Trump’s first executive orders was signing the “Removing Barriers to American Leadership in Artificial Intelligence” order, while Musk is a big champion of his Grok chatbot.
Now, a viral video that appears to show President Trump sucking Elon Musk’s toes has been projected onto screens at the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. The NSFW clip lasts for 19 seconds and was played on a loop for five minutes in areas including the cafeteria. It shows an AI recreation of the POTUS massaging and then sucking on Musk’s feet, while the words, “Long live the real king,” are overlayed.
Sources claim staff struggled to remove the NSFW video from screens (X / @JStein_WaPo)
It seems to be a nod to accusations about the power dynamic between the pair, with some branding the tech billionaire as ‘President Musk’ due to his new powers.
The fact that it comes on the day HUD workers were forced to return to their offices comes as no real coincidence, with complaints about Musk’s position as the head of the newly formed Department of Government Efficiency continuing to cause controversy.
Discussing the incident, HUD spokesperson Kasey Lovett told The Independent: “Another waste of taxpayer dollars and resources. Appropriate action will be taken for all involved.”
Journalist Maria Kabas explained the situation and claims that one anonymous agency source told her: “Building staff couldn’t figure out how to turn it off so sent people to every floor to unplug TVs.”
In the aftermath of the DOGE gutting whole departments, and sweeping mandates that demand staffers justify their output via email or resign, there’s a lot of hostility toward Musk right now. As someone in the replies pointed out: “A disgruntled ex-employee, I bet. 🤔.”
Another angrily posted: “One more person who clearly doesn’t work while on the job…Now we can cut that job too.”
Someone else joked: “I can imagine the confusion when they call for the IT security and find out that everyone was fired and there’s nobody left who knows how to take the video offline. 🤦♂️.”
Others called for extreme punishments, as someone else said: “Arrest and prosecute the person who did this.”
It’s worrying that Cyber Security haven’t blocked it – surely they’d be at risk of an attack. Department of VA has already fired the Head of Cyber Security – wouldn’t be surprised if this dept had too.
On the same note, another raged: “Insurrection, 30 years minimum. String up the gallows.”
A third concluded: “Whoever did this will be fired and supporting this unprofessional behavior is exactly why @potus has zero tolerance for federal workers who are not contributing to the mission. It makes everyone look bad especially the hard working employees.”
There’s been a recent rise in deepfake videos and proof that AI can create almost anything while looking realistic. Scarlett Johansson has again called out the ever-advancing tech after her likeness was included in a viral video calling out Kanye West. Speaking to People, the Hollywood star pleaded with officials to do something about AI and explained: “AI is a far greater threat than any one person who takes accountability for it.
“We must call out the misuse of AI, no matter its messaging, or we risk losing a hold on reality.”
Trump was even accused of using AI to draft his executive orders, but no matter what you think of AI advancements, it still remains a divisive topic of conversation. As the video of AI Trump sucking AI Musk’s toes shows, it can be used for some pretty sordid stuff.
President Donald Trump isn’t even halfway through his first 100 days, but we’re already looking at a very different United States of America. Alongside tariffs levied against the likes of the European Union and China, he’s renamed the Gulf of Mexico, appointed Elon Musk as the head of the Department of Government Efficiency, and even suggested Canada become the 51st state.
It’s been a wild ride, and firmly by his side on this roller coaster of changes has been Mr. Musk. More than being the head of the DOGE, the self-confessed ‘First Buddy’ has vowed to cut $2 trillion from government spending.
Although Musk originally admitted he didn’t think it could be done, that hasn’t stopped him from trying. Whole departments have been shut down, over 75,000 federal employees have apparently taken the ‘deferred resignation’ offer, and 21 within his own United States DOGE Service stepped down in a single day.
The President maintains that his cabinet is more than happy with Musk (The Washington Post / Contributor / Getty)
The cuts won’t end here, with Musk’s now-infamous “What did you do last week?” email demanding that government workers justify their jobs. For all of those praising Musk as the fat-trimming hero America needs right now, it seems there are just as many against him. Texas representative Jasmine Crockett has given a two-word response, Senator Tina Smith referred to him as a d*ck, and someone played a NSFW AI video of Musk and Trump in the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.
During the first cabinet meeting of his second term, President Trump awkwardly came to Musk’s defense and asked the entire room if they thought the tech mogul was doing a good job.
One journalist addressed Trump’s Truth Social claims that everyone in the cabinet is happy with Musk and took the question to the entire room.
As Musk went to interject, the POTUS chimed in saying: “Elon, let the cabinet speak, just for a second.”
He then directly said: “Is anyone unhappy with Elon? If you are, we’ll throw them out of here.”
A journalist asks if anyone at the cabinet meeting is unhappy with Elon. Donald Trump’s response? “If you are, we’ll throw them out of here.” Something a dictator would say.
There were some awkward chuckles and uncomfortable faces followed by a round of applause. Trump then added: “[They] have a lot of respect for Elon and that’s he’s doing this.
“Some disagree a little bit, but I will tell you, for the most part, I think everyone’s not only happy, they’re thrilled.”
Looking at the bigger picture, the President said he wants to balance the US budget “maybe by next year or the year after.” The last time the country had a budget surplus was in 2001.
Although Musk didn’t get a seat at the table, he was equally full of praise as he stood to the side wearing a t-shirt that read ‘Tech Support’: “President Trump has put together the best Cabinet ever. Literally, I don’t think that such a talented team has ever been assembled.”
Hyping his own work and delivering a warning to the US people, Musk concluded: “I’m taking a lot of flak, and getting a lot of death threats, by the way.
“If we don’t do this, America will go bankrupt. That’s why it has to be done.”
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Tech billionaire Elon Musk has appeared unwavering in some of his actions in recent months, but his time in the spotlight during President Trump’s address to Congress seems to have resulted in a moment of unease, thanks to a bombardment of booing he received.
On Tuesday, March 4, Donald Trump addressed a joint session of Congress — running through what’s been regarded as a whirlwind of a first six weeks in office for the 45th & 47th US President’s return to the Whitehouse.
Along with his continued desire to make Greenland a part of the US, “tax cuts for everybody”, a promise to balance the federal budget, and even an “appreciated” letter from Ukraine’s President Zelensky which mentioned a readiness to negotiate for peace, President Trump also didn’t hesitate to celebrate Elon Musk.
Specially emphasizing the cost-cutting initiatives of DOGE — the newly formed Department of Government Efficiency to reduce spending on a federal level — Trump gives a huge shoutout to its heading by the Tesla CEO, who stands up in the gallery even before his name is mentioned.
While plenty of cheers can be heard from the many Republicans across the room, a flurry of boos can be heard cutting through the cheers just as much.
Trump continued to highlight DOGE’s cost-cutting intended to utilize extra funds to fight inflation, but Musk — while saluting and smiling in appreciation to the President’s remarks — can’t help but seem to look uncomfortably displeased looking around to his very mixed response from across the room.
Supposedly being well aware of the many boos from the Democrats himself, it looks like Trump wasn’t afraid to steer into it himself. Further into his address regarding Musk, Trump said: “Thank you, Elon. He’s working very hard. He didn’t need this”.
“Thank you very much. We appreciate it. Even this side appreciates it, I believe. They just don’t want to admit that”.
Later, Trump goes into how a list of unnecessary spending, regarded as “scams”, has been discovered and “swiftly terminated” by Musk’s team.
Afterward, Musk to social media on X (formerly Twitter) to post on two fronts. One was in regard to his opinion that the Democrats only cheer for another country, apparently Ukraine, and “hate America”.
The other was a post after the Republican bill to ban transgender athletes in women’s sports was blocked in the US Senate, in a very tight 51-45 vote. In the post, the X platform owner was convinced that the Republican party will be able to get 60 senators in the US senate during the next election — presumeably so that such a bill would have more of a guarantee to pass again in the future.
