The war in Ukraine – the positions of the White House and Elon Musk do not match
The US government does not share Businessman Ilon’s Maskov looked on the war in Ukraine, in particular, that Kyiv should make concessions to Moscow for the sake of peace. The White House believes that only Ukraine can make such a decision. Such a statement during briefing White House press secretary Karin Jean-Pierre made the announcement on October 25.
The journalist asked a question about “peace plan” for Ukrainewhich Elon Musk offered on his Twitter.
Karin Jean-Pierre said in this regard: “Regarding his comments regarding Ukraine and territorial concessions, I know that Mr. Musk spoke very loudly about this. Listen, he is a private person with a private company. Our position, the government’s position [США]It is very clear, I have explained it from this platform many times already – regarding how we see the movement of this process: it depends on Ukraine”.
while, Elon Musk offered Ukraine to agree to: repeat “elections” in the territories of Ukraine annexed by the aggressor under the supervision of the UN; recognition of Crimea as part of the Russian Federation, “as it was since 1783 (before Khrushchev’s mistake)”; ensuring the peninsula’s water supply; neutrality of Ukraine.
This one the proposal caused a flurry of outrage and later Musk explained that concerned about the fate of humanity and is used because of the possible start of a nuclear war, caused a flurry of criticism and memes on social networks.
this one, as well as Karin Jean-Pierre, were previously asked about the views of the White House on the idea of Elon Musk. Then she said: “We are not going to talk about Ukraine without Ukraine. Only they can make a decision when it comes to diplomacy or negotiations.”.