Elon Musk, founder of SpaceX on Monday took on Twitter for challenge Russian President Vladimir Putin at a one-on-one fight – with the fate of war-torn Ukraine as a prize.
The eccentric billionaire and world’s richest known man for his notorious tweets posted the offer on son Twitter account to see if the Russian leader would be test son courage in person rather than through the forces of son country fighting on the other side of the border.
“I hereby challenge Vladimir Putin single combat. The stakes are Ukraine,” Musk said.
“Do you accept this fight?” he added in Russian, directly addressing the official English-language Twitter account of the 69-year-former president.
When one of The 77 millions by Musk followers wrote that the Tesla founder might not have thought that son challenge through, Musk said he was “absolutely serious.”
“If Putin could so easily humiliate the West, then he would accept the challenge. But he won’t,” he said. added.
There was no immediate reaction from the Kremlin.
Musk, 50, born in South Africa, had already has offered son support for Kyivtweeting “Hold strong Ukraine” this month as also offering my condolences to great people of Russia, who do not want this war.
He also replied to a Kyiv plea by activating the Starlink internet service in Ukraine and consignment equipment for help bring connectivity to areas hit by Russian military attacks.
Musk often raises eyebrows on Twitter. In February, he blamed U.S. action market regulator, which had imposed fines and restrictions on Musk and Tesla, of trying to muzzle his freedom of expression.
And he compared Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to Adolf Hitler in a message supporting opponents of government COVID-19 Restrictions. However, he later deleted the post.
