After sharing his thoughts on how to end Russia's invasion of Ukraine on the heels of bad corporate news closer to home, the world's wealthiest man was met with backlash.
Musk spoke at the Star base facility.
Musk offered four proposals for "Ukraine-Russia Peace", one of which was to formally recognize the Crimean peninsula as Russian territory.
It is likely to be the outcome in the end, just a question of how many die before then, according to the CEO of the company.
President Joe Biden said Friday the U.S. will always honor Ukraine's internationally recognized borders, and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky insisted.
More than one million people voted against Musk's ideas in a poll that Musk attributed to the "biggest bot attack I've ever seen."
The Human Rights Foundation responded to Musk with a question, "Who are you to reward years of war crimes with Ukrainian blood and land?" Within an hour, Paul Massaro had racked up about 80,000 likes on his reply to Musk. Musk asked if the will of the people who live in the eastern part of the country should decide if they are part of Russia or Ukraine.
When war broke out in Ukraine in February, Musk offered to take on Putin in single combat and sent Starlink internet terminals from his company to the country. In November of last year, Musk sold billions ofTesla shares after asking if he should do so in a poll on the social networking site.
As the market reacted poorly to third quarter vehicle deliveries falling short of estimates, Musk's controversial foreign policy proposal came as the company's shares cratered 9% in Monday trading.
We think Musk is worth more than the next richest person. Musk's net worth fell because of his company's performance.
The Russian official called Musk a little devil.
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