Russia has denied that there are constant communications between Putin and Musk Photo: AP/Canva
In recent weeks, rumors have emerged about possible talks between Elon MuskCEO of Tesla and owner of “X”, and Vladimir Putinpresident of Russia since 2022, sparking concerns among US officials who wonder why they talk both characters. According to the media, both spoke about personal issues, business and geopolitical.
Elon Musk speaks as part of a campaign town hall in support of Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump in Folsom, Pa., Thursday, Oct. 17, 2024. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
Elon Musk has not commented on these rumors, while the Kremlin spokesman, Dmitri Peskovdenied these claims and pointed out that they only had a telephone conversation in which they addressed technology issues. “The conversation was more of an informative nature. “They talked about visionary technologies, technological solutions for the future, directions of technological development that Musk sees as promising,” he said.
However, since the NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration, for its acronym in English) showed their concern about the recent leaks and the fear of information leakage by the businessman. Bill Nelson, leader of NASA, commented during the Economic Summit that the contacts between the Russian president and the multimillionaire American, and if true, “it would be worrying,” especially for the government agency and the Department of Defense.
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The Space X company was created by Elon Musk with the aim of reducing the costs of traveling to space and facilitating the colonization of Mars. The corporate operates the service Starlinkwhich obtained a classified contract of 1.8 million dollars in 2021 and above all has become the main rocket launcher for the Pentagon and NASA.
In addition, the Department of Defense became one of Musk’s supporters to put a large part of its satellites into orbit. Last year, Elon Musk’s companies obtained nearly 100 different contracts with 17 federal agencies, for which the United States government awarded the company $300 million. Likewise, the American businessman has shown his support for Donald Trump, candidate for the presidency of the American nation for the Republican Partyand if he won, he promised a position for the businessman in his government.
Elon Musk: “If Donald Trump wins, we do have an opportunity to do kind of a once in a lifetime deregulation and reduction in the size of the government.”pic.twitter.com/NDNWnnvtaK
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The businessman even confessed in a recent event that he has a license to security which allows you to access certain classified information. “I have a top secret clearance, but I would have to say, like most things I’m aware of, the reason they keep it top secret is because it’s so boring,” he said. Precisely, this has generated confusion among officials who ask to investigate.
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