Elon Musk Joined Call With Trump And Zelensky: Reports
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The tech billionaire is expected to have significant influence in the second Donald Trump administration.
Tesla and X CEO Elon Musk reportedly joined a call between Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky this week, offering a glimpse at what kind of influence the tech billionaire could have in the second Trump administration.
Sources confirmed the news with both The New York Times and Axios, with one telling the Times that Trump handed the phone to Musk during the call.
A spokesperson for Trump’s campaign did not immediately return requests for comment on the reports.
It’s unclear whether the three men discussed the possibility of Trump altering U.S. policy toward Ukraine in its war with Russia, but a source told Axios that the call “didn’t leave Zelensky with a feeling of despair.”
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