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Elon Musk is a South-African born Canadian-American engineer, inventor, and entrepreneur, born in 1971. He was a co-founder of PayPal, which was sold to Ebay for $1.5 billion. He then founded Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX) and Tesla Motors. He is chief executive and chief designer at SpaceX and CEO and head of product design at Tesla and chairman of Solar City. Musk purchased Twitter in September 2022.

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8 Nov, 2024

Musk joins Trump’s call to Zelensky

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Trump and Zelensky talk on the phone for around 25 minutes, with Musk listening in and participating. After Zelensky congratulates Trump, the president-elect says he will support Ukraine, but does not go into details. Sources say Zelensky felt the call went well and that it did not increase his anxiety about Trump’s victory:

[It] didn’t leave Zelensky with a feeling of despair.

Musk says he will continue supporting Ukraine with Starlink.