‘Get Help’ – Elon Musk Blasted for Mocking Ukraine With Fake Zelensky Picture The world’s richest man has continued his campaign against Kyiv, this time by using a fake picture of President Zelensky to mock Ukraine’s fight against Russia’s full-scale invasion.
by Kyiv Post | October 2, 2023
Elon Musk has once again caused outrage for social media posts about Ukraine, this time for mocking President Zelensky and the ongoing crisis over US funding for Kyiv.
In a post on X on Sunday evening, the world’s richest man published a modified version of the “frustrated boy meme” with a picture of the Ukrainian president’s face.
The post read: “When it’s been five minutes and you haven’t asked for a billion dollars in aid.”
The post came as developments in Washington meant the future of US aid for Ukraine hangs in the balance amid the political wrangling to avoid a government shutdown.
Barely a week after President Volodymyr Zelensky was in Washington appealing for more funds, the compromise struck in Congress late Sunday dropped new funding for Ukraine amid opposition from hardline Republicans, AFP reports.
Musk’s tweet mocking the plight of Ukraine in the face of Russia’s full-scale invasion sparked outrage on social media.
The campaign group Republicans Against Trump, said: “Why do you mock a brave leader who leads his nation in its heroic fight for their freedom? Have you no shame?”
Journalist Julia Davis replied to the post, adding: “Because Zelensky dares to stand up to Putin and Elon never could.”
Former CIA officer John Sipher simply replied: “Get help.”
US journalist ‘Jay in Kyiv,’ added: “When you’ve licked Putin’s boots day and all night and still you want more.”
Other were a bit more creative in their responses:
Musk’s latest post is just one of a number of recent statements which have given an insight into the businessman’s lack of understanding of the situation Ukraine faces.
Over the weekend he appeared to conflate the situation on Ukraine’s international border with that of the US.
In a post on X, he asked: “Why do so many American politicians from both parties care 100 times more about the Ukraine border than the USA border?”
At the US border, thousands of largely peaceful migrants are crossing in the hopes of claiming asylum in the US.
At the Ukrainian border, tens of thousands of Russian troops have crossed hoping to illegally annex an entire country in what one Moscow general has described as a ‘stepping stone’ to invade Europe.
There was no shortage of people in the replies to his tweet willing to point out what Musk appeared to be missing.
“Ukraine is preventing a much wider war by stopping russia [sic] from invading NATO territory. Ukraine fights for us all,” wrote Paul Massaro.
“Why does the world’s richest businessman sound like a MAGA bot, spewing out automated right-wing talking points?” wrote journalist Mehdi Hasan.
The two posts above are just the latest in Musk’s apparent campaign against Ukraine – last month he wrote “So much death for so little,” in a post about Ukraine’s counteroffensive, apparently in agreement with another post by David Sacks, a venture capitalist and friend of Musk who has criticized US support for Ukraine.
Elsewhere, a senate probe has been launched calling for a review of any incidents where Space X or others have disabled Ukrainian services following the revelation that Musk had not extended the private Starlink satellite network to aid Kyiv’s attack on Russian warships in Ukrainian waters near the Crimean coast.
Musk said he made the decision fearing that Moscow would retaliate with nuclear weapons. “If I had agreed to their request, then SpaceX would be explicitly complicit in a major act of war and conflict escalation,” Musk said.
The move triggered an immediate backlash in Ukraine.
“Sometimes a mistake is more than just a mistake,” Mykhailo Podolyak, a senior aide to President Zelensky wrote.
“By not allowing Ukrainian drones to destroy part of the Russian military (!) fleet via Starlink interference, Elon Musk allowed this fleet to fire Kalibr missiles at Ukrainian cities.
“As a result, civilians, children are being killed. This is the price of a cocktail of ignorance and big ego.”
For somebody who has loved taking government money, he sure is a bit “fuck you, got mine” about others getting government money.
You don’t acquire that much wealth with a whole lot of “fuck you, got mine”
There’s no cure for narcissistic personality disorder.
[French Revolution disagrees]
Does French export revolution to Russia?
No, they rely on the swedes to flat-pack it and handle the shipping.
I mean, they did once… kinda got smushed in transit, though.
Wasn’t he arguing with German ministers about their immigration policies on there the other day too?
What’s got into his bonce that makes him think he’s qualified to comment on all these things? If thos just a result of people being too scared to say “no” to him for years at work?
Human garbage.
“Blasted”
Slammed?
TL;DR the picture:
Holy shit what an absolute cunt.
BIGLY
Imma say something that could be considered a lil wild:
Clap him and take his shit.
The US has done it before and we could do it again. It’s a kneejerk reaction, but he’s a Nazi so Idgaf. I’d settle for black site detention and disappropriate his companies, but either way, where tf are the “intelligence” agencies when ya need them?
Edit: I used the wrong multisyllabic word. Subsidization means something totally different than “take Elmo’s companies and give them to someone else”
Government should at least seize Star link because it’s a military asset for the us and it’s allies. Argument could be made for space x as well.
I think you mean disappropriate not subsidize?
Yep, you are correct. Let me go fix that
Not defenestrate?
That’s what happened when they showed the Cybertruck.
He’s remarkably intact, he must doing those youth-blood transfusions.
give his companies to a collection of other billionaires (still undeserving but perhaps not a threat to the relative peace we’ve enjoyed) and you’d probably only hear praise for the move
You love those ideas until they can be used against you. That’s why reigning such fucked up abilities of the state is so important.
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You’re paying way more attention to me, than I am to you. I have no idea who you are.
This is what happens when an internet troll gets essentially unlimited money and fame from the other edgy turds out there. Ladies and gentlemen, he is Turd Ferguson Pro Max—it’s a funny name that comes with a funny hat.
stop giving this shitbag AIR
I do really think people should show everything he makes on X and say, so people can make the decision by themselves to never give one cent to this guy, if he does not have a profit on X and Tesla and all that he makes, its not the views on x that will keep him having that life style
Main reason I’ll never buy a Tesla: Elon Musk.
Let’s see how well his businesses fare after replacing the wokie buyer base with Nazis.
Main reason we shouldn’t buy Teslas:
These oversized electric vehicules have a huge environmental footprint and we should rather opt for smaller EVs with shorter ranges.
(anyway individual car ownership isn’t the way to go in the medium to long term ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ )
Most Tesla buyers are chinese, right?
While a lot of Teslas are sold in China, more than double are sold in the US.
Given the Chinese options available I struggle to understand why anyone in China wants to buy a Tesla though.
“Blasted”
Jfc
“Blasted” is used correctly in the title. It is a synonym for “criticized”, derived from a Middle English term that means “blowing air” (see also “blast furnace”).
Examples:
Federal transit regulators blasted the MBTA Friday for violating an order prohibiting the use of lone workers on tracks put in place last week
Jennifer Belveal and John Birmingham with the firm of Foley & Lardner describe the justification for terminating the contract as “flimsy” and blast the university for launching an investigation into what they call “the personal relationship between Tucker and a one-time vendor” “despite no justification to do so.”
I didn’t realize that regulators had “blasting” in their legal tool box when dealing with non compliant business 🤡
But I guess brain dead millenial “journalist” could not avoid this editorial touch ehh?
You didn’t realize that regulators criticized others as part of their legal duties?
In English, words have multiple meanings and the intended meaning must be inferred by context. For example, you referred to regulators “dealing”, and your audience is expected to understand that you aren’t discussing card games.
Keep digging…
I am not the first person to highlight how these headlines are getting progressively more childish.
I think it’s more childish to assume that word usage will not evolve over time.
Regardless, “blasted” has been used in this way for most of our lives. Perhaps you’re just now noticing it?
From Jun 13, 1997:
City union leaders blasted an administration-backed proposed charter change Thursday that would strip the Civil Service Commission of most of its powers.
From Sep 23, 1992:
Vice President Dan Quayle, broadening his attack on Hollywood, Tuesday blasted the recording industry for producing rap music that he said had led to violence.
From 1981:
During the campaign, Roosevelt blasted Hoover for spending and taxing too much, boosting the national debt, choking off trade, and putting millions on the dole.
U seem hurt
