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The comments by the tech tycoon, who is leading Trump’s huge US government overhaul, came as the White House told Zelensky to stop “insults” against Trump and sign a minerals deal with Washington.<\/p>\n
SpaceX and Tesla boss Musk launched into a tirade against Zelensky on his X social network, accusing him without evidence of running a “massive graft machine feeding off the dead bodies of Ukrainian soldiers.”<\/p>\n
“He knows he would lose in a landslide, despite having seized control of ALL Ukrainian media, so he canceled the election. In reality, he is despised by the people of Ukraine,” Musk wrote.<\/p>\n
The world’s richest person was supporting Trump, who has given falsely low figures for Zelensky’s approval ratings and pushed for him to hold elections — and in the process echoing the Kremlin’s talking points on Ukraine.<\/p>\n
Musk struck a calmer tone at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) later Thursday, saying that Trump was “so pragmatic” about the Ukraine war.<\/p>\n
“The president has a lot of empathy. He really cares,” said Musk.<\/p>\n
Zelensky was elected in 2019 for a five-year term but Ukraine has postponed elections due to martial law imposed following Russia’s 2022 invasion of its pro-Western neighbor.<\/p>\n
Trump’s National Security Advisor Mike Waltz separately urged Zelensky to cool his criticism of Trump amid a growing war of words with the US president.<\/p>\n
“Some of the rhetoric coming out of Kyiv, frankly, and insults to President Trump were unacceptable,” Waltz told a briefing at the White House to mark Trump’s first month in office.<\/p>\n
Trump accused Ukraine on Tuesday of having started the war, and doubled down on Wednesday by branding Zelensky a “dictator without elections.”<\/p>\n
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