Musk has repeatedly sided with Putin, and apparently - if the recent book is accurate- been communicating with Putin... and bragging about it.

He is another useful idiot billionaire that was manipulated by appealing to his ego to work for Putin's goals... just like our last president.

I can appreciate some of the things his companies like Tesla and Space X do, while at the same time recognizing that he is a shitty human being... and a true danger to our nation.

In an uncharacteristically brazen Twitter outpour, Tesla CEO Elon Musk suggested that Ukraine should give up parts of its territories and other rights to reach a peace agreement with Russia — or else risk a bloody end to the conflict, culminating in a full blown "nuclear war."

In short, even for Musk, it's exactly the kind of opinion absolutely nobody asked for. Even his most ardent supporters were taken aback.

"Please snap out of it, E," suggested SpaceX aerospace engineer Sid Chambers.

"You are using [P]utin propaganda talking points," she added. "Fix this."

Renata Konkoly, one of Musk's most outspoken boosters on Twitter, issued a rare rebuke.

Russian President Vladimir Putin has weighed in on Elon Musk — and unsurprisingly, he's bullish.

"As far as private business and Elon Musk is concerned," Putin said at Russia's Eastern Economic Forum, per a Reuters translation, "he is undoubtedly an outstanding person. This must be recognized, and I think it is recognized all over the world."

Putin added that he thinks Musk is "an active and talented businessman and he is succeeding a lot, including with the support of the American state."

Though he didn't mention it explicitly, the Russian president's comments come just days after Musk revealed that he'd denied a Ukrainian request for Starlink internet access on the front lines of its war with Russia — a denial that essentially sabotaged Ukraine's military in its defense against the invaders.

Now, despite the setbacks Russia has suffered on the battlefield, Hill thinks Putin is undaunted. She sees him adapting to new conditions, not giving up. And she sees him trying to get the West to accede to his aims by using messengers like billionaire Elon Musk to propose arrangements that would end the conflict on his terms.

“Putin plays the egos of big men, gives them a sense that they can play a role. But in reality, they’re just direct transmitters of messages from Vladimir Putin,” Hill says.