{"id":123716,"date":"2024-11-09T04:25:47","date_gmt":"2024-11-08T21:25:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=123716"},"modified":"2024-11-09T04:25:47","modified_gmt":"2024-11-08T21:25:47","slug":"elon-musk-joined-trump-zelensky-call-amid-concerns-for-future-of-ukraine-war","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=123716","title":{"rendered":"Elon Musk joined Trump-Zelensky call amid concerns for future of Ukraine war"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-editable=\"content\" itemprop=\"articleBody\" data-reorderable=\"content\">\n<p>\n    <cite class=\"source__cite\"><br \/>\n      <span class=\"source__location\" data-editable=\"location\"\/><br \/>\n      <span class=\"source__text\" data-editable=\"source\">CNN<\/span><br \/>\n        \u00a0\u2014\u00a0<br \/>\n    <\/cite>\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm3912bpf001w26p4exdw2ldt@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Tech tycoon Elon Musk joined a call between US President-elect Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky the day after the presidential election, according to a source with knowledge of the situation.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm39136xn00033b6mhy8g4w9p@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            The source spoke to CNN on the condition of anonymity due to the sensitivity of the conversation.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm39136xn00043b6m5d9iksmv@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Zelensky previously said on X that he called Trump on Wednesday and congratulated him on \u201chis historic landslide\u201d win. \u201cWe agreed to maintain close dialogue and advance our cooperation. Strong and unwavering US leadership is vital for the world and for a just peace,\u201d Zelensky wrote at the time.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm391gp47000t3b6mqlvzqu63@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            CNN is reaching out to Musk and Trump\u2019s teams about the call, which was first <a href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/2024\/11\/08\/musk-trump-zelensky-ukraine-call\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">reported by Axios.<\/a>\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm391e2q5000n3b6mkpmyv4hj@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Trump\u2019s victory comes at a precarious moment in the conflict for Kyiv as Russia makes gains in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2024\/10\/02\/europe\/vuhledar-russia-ukraine-war-capture-intl\/index.html\">eastern Donbas<\/a> region, which Russian President Vladimir Putin aims to capture in full.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm391hmpp000v3b6mpo2qpk15@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Throughout his presidential campaign, Trump cast doubt on continued US commitment to Kyiv as the war drags on more than two and half years after Russian forces invaded. He has also made comments that suggest the US could pressure Ukraine into an uneasy truce with Russia.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm392fb6v000a3b5vhs8qwy54@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Musk \u2013 whose pro-Trump super PAC spent more than $118 million in the 2024 campaign \u2013 has pitched himself to lead a broad effort to slash spending inside the federal government. He also has benefitted from billions of dollars worth <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2021\/11\/14\/investing\/elon-musk-wealth-taxpayer-support\/index.html\">of federal contracts,<\/a> including from NASA, the military and other US government agencies.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm396pzm300103b6maen21jy5@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            The billionaire\u2019s inclusion on Trump\u2019s call with Zelensky raises questions about what his influence will look like in the incoming administration.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm391bwnk000g3b6mj8ykl18f@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            In Ukraine, Musk\u2019s Starlink internet service has provided a significant frontline advantage to Ukraine\u2019s smaller military since the 2022 invasion, permitting its forces to share real-time drone feeds between units, and communicate in areas where combat has disrupted cellphone service.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm395g0rk00003b6mzyh612ou@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Starlink was a game changer for the country\u2019s beleaguered frontline forces, endearing Musk to the Ukrainians at the time because his company SpaceX funded the service.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm396e8wm000j3b6mu7nu2hsa@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            But that relationship soured as Musk complained about the cost of providing that service, and reports emerged that Starlink access was being restricted in areas like Russia-occupied Crimea. The Pentagon later announced in June 2023 that it would pay for Starlink in Ukraine.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm395uyyl000a3b6mm0bcsndz@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Questions about Musk\u2019s influence in the war also began to mount amid a rise in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2024\/03\/25\/europe\/ukraine-starlink-drones-russia-intl-cmd\/index.html\">Ukrainian sightings<\/a> of Russian uses of the satellite internet service.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm39778k500023b5vd13fum3t@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            A 2023 biography on Musk <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2023\/09\/10\/europe\/ukraine-starlink-not-active-crimea-intl-hnk\/index.html\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">written by Walter Isaacson<\/a> said the billionaire secretly ordered his engineers to turn off his company\u2019s Starlink satellite communications network near the Crimean coast in 2022 to disrupt a Ukrainian sneak attack on the Russian naval fleet.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm396hr8i000o3b6mpkop3a3w@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Musk\u2019s decision, which left Ukrainian officials begging him to turn the satellites back on, was driven by an acute fear that Russia would respond to a Ukrainian attack on Crimea with nuclear weapons \u2013 a fear driven home by Musk\u2019s conversations with senior Russian officials, according to Isaacson.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm3967o1r000d3b6m47w648ww@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Musk responded to the book excerpt on X, which he owns, by asserting that the Starlink service provided by his company SpaceX was never active over Crimea and that the Ukrainian government made an \u201cemergency request\u201d to him to turn on service.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm392i179000d3b5vvxjt8x27@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            There have also been concerns about Musk\u2019s<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2024\/10\/25\/politics\/elon-musk-vladimir-putin\/index.html\"> reported links<\/a> with hostile foreign leaders.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm391ul39001z3b6mzeuhb5ff@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Some US officials have raised counterintelligence concerns in the last year about Musk\u2019s interactions with US adversaries like Russia, but the US intelligence community is wary of looking into those interactions because Musk is an American citizen, an official familiar with the matter <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2024\/10\/25\/politics\/elon-musk-vladimir-putin\/index.html\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">previously told<\/a> CNN.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm391bzo7000j3b6m3qei6wdv@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            A September <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/world\/russia\/musk-putin-secret-conversations-37e1c187\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Wall Street Journal report<\/a> said the SpaceX founder and Russian President Vladimir Putin have been in \u201cregular contact\u201d since late 2022, saying they had discussed \u201cpersonal topics, business and geopolitical tensions.\u201d\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm391l67w00183b6mzv08xz2y@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            It raised national security concerns as SpaceX\u2019s relationships with NASA and the US military may have granted Musk access to sensitive government information and US intelligence.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm391j3tk00133b6mf5vdacsl@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Musk did not respond to the Journal\u2019s requests for comment. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told the newspaper that Musk and Putin have only had one telephone call in which they discussed \u201cspace as well as current and future technologies.\u201d\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm391nepv001n3b6m8ffg6yg8@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            <em>This is a developing story and will be updated.<\/em>\n    <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><div data-type=\"_mgwidget\" data-widget-id=\"1660802\">\r\n<\/div>\r\n<script>(function(w,q){w[q]=w[q]||[];w[q].push([\"_mgc.load\"])})(window,\"_mgq\");\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2024\/11\/08\/europe\/ukraine-trump-elon-musk-zelensky-intl-latam\/index.html\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CNN \u00a0\u2014\u00a0 Tech tycoon Elon Musk joined a call between US President-elect Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky the day after the presidential election, according to a source with &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=123716\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8629],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-123716","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-u-s","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/123716","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=123716"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/123716\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=123716"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=123716"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=123716"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}