Elon Musk is itching for a battle—or that’s what he says, a minimum of. Although he keeps ducking Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg, the Tesla CEO says he’ll settle for a problem from the president of Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro. No, you’re not having a fever dream.
Venezuela is within the center of political turmoil stemming from the nation’s election outcomes declaring Maduro the winner. On Monday, the Nationwide Electoral Council that made the decision, which additionally occurs to be composed of members of the nation’s United Socialist Occasion that Maduro leads, declined to launch any poll data. Supporters of Maduro’s opponent, retired diplomat Edmundo González, say they’ve exit polls and voter tally sheets displaying him profitable.
Over the course of a number of posts on Monday, Musk took to his platform X to proclaim Maduro dedicated “main election fraud” and amplified different tweets saying the identical. This led to the Venezuelan president speaking trash about Musk on nationwide TV and difficult him to a battle on Monday.
‘Social media creates a digital actuality managed by our new archenemy, Elon Musk, who’d like to return with a military to invade Venezuela. Thank god you confirmed your face. We knew you have been behind all of the bots together with your cash, together with your satellite tv for pc.’ – @NicolasMaduro (paraphrased) pic.twitter.com/wcuVQ4AMhv
— Camila (@camilapress) July 29, 2024
“Social media creates a digital actuality, and who controls the digital actuality? Our new archenemy, the well-known Elon Musk,” Maduro mentioned. “Do you wish to battle? Let’s do it. Elon Musk, I’m prepared. I’m not afraid of you, Elon Musk. Let’s battle, wherever you need.”
Musk tweeted on Wednesday that he accepts the challenge and can even sweeten the deal.
“If I win, he resigns as dictator of Venezuela. If he wins, I give him a free trip to Mars,” Musk tweeted.
If this battle even occurs (it received’t), and Musk loses, Maduro is not going to get that flight to the Crimson Planet anytime quickly.
Musk, eight years youthful than the Venezuelan president, is in no form to compete with anybody bodily proper now. The Tesla CEO has been saying for years that he has immense neck and back pain stemming from his making an attempt to throw a champion sumo wrestler in 2014.
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