Elon Musk Admits Fantasy of Jailing ‘Evil’ Zelensky Probably Won’t Happen — Floats ‘Distasteful’ Second Option
LEFT: Elon Musk (AP Photo/Evan Vucci) RIGHT: Volodymyr Zelensky (Yves Herman, Pool Photo via AP)
Elon Musk, the world’s richest man and a senior adviser to President Donald Trump, admitted that his fantasy of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky being thrown in jail probably wouldn’t happen on Monday night in a pair of tweets in which he argued Zelensky was a corrupt war profiteer and dictator.
Earlier in the day, Trump had reacted to a news report about Zelensky predicting that the end of his country’s war with Russia — which began with the latter’s invasion of the former in 2022 — was “very, very far away” by criticizing the Ukrainian leader.
“This is the worst statement that could have been made by Zelenskyy, and America will not put up with it for much longer!” wrote Trump on Truth Social. “It is what I was saying, this guy doesn’t want there to be Peace as long as he has America’s backing and, Europe, in the meeting they had with Zelenskyy, stated flatly that they cannot do the job without the U.S. – Probably not a great statement to have been made in terms of a show of strength against Russia. What are they thinking?”
On X, Musk shared Trump’s post and argued that “Zelensky wants a forever war, a never-ending graft meat grinder. This is evil.”
Right-wing social media personality Rogan O’Handley then shared Musk’s post along with a theory:
Zelensky knows if the war ends, his power ends
Elections will resume and he’ll lose
Then his adversary will investigate his money laundering and he’ll be sent to prison
Zelensky is sending innocent Ukrainians to die in his meat grinder so he can stay in power
Dictator
“True,” replied Musk. “As distasteful as it is, Zelensky should be offered some kind of amnesty in a neutral country in exchange for a peaceful transition back to democracy in Ukraine.”
Musk’s commentary comes as the gap between Trump and Zelensky’s governments grows wider and wider. Last month, Trump called Zelensky a “Dictator,” and later threw him out of the White House after a question-and-answer session with the press devolved into a shouting match.
