I have just found it strange, the behavior of Elon Mush since about the time he bought Twitter.
Everything seemed to have changed for what I thought the kind of person he was.
I believe I can now explain it away in my opinion anyway.
While I see the news that he is now suspected of close ties with Russia and not only…
Some are creating links to the need for funds in purchasing Twitter after opening his mouth when he didn’t want to actually buy it, he had to or face legal battle that might have sunk his ship at a critical time. So, it at least appears that he has taken money from RU sources to finish this deal he has forced himself into.
He has seemed to have had plenty of communication with Putler and what those conversations consisted of, we can only wonder.
Let’s just talk about what is likely.
He appears to have been helping even the score for RU in using the Starlink System for the war effort and Putler knows very well how to disguise movements of tech past sanctions.
No Problem.
But if anyone would look at this deeper, Musk has an interest in large Lithium deposits for battery production and near sales of EV’s in Europe.
A new mega factory ?
There is also lots of carbon materials like graphite that can be used in production of what is called graphine and carbon fiber products.
That can be used in advanced battery production as well as other new alt energy saving items and advanced aircraft.
Ukraine also has a large supply of iron ore and nickle. in fact they have pretty much everything one would need to produce an EV in raw material.
Including copper used in the electric motor. And what it may be lacking can be found in nearby Russia.
Europe is no stranger to the sight of seeing a resource rich country nearby and has an interest in a free market there. At a minimum, diversification and not relent on unstable sources.
Ukraine likely has the largest supply of Lithium in ll of Europe and is so menial rich it is a interest to Russia as well, even though Russia itself is mineral rich, you can’r have any competition or you can’t hold the stuff over anyone’s head once they become dependent on the source.
I certainly will need to revisit this as Musk is so chumy with the future POTUS and that I find even stranger given his ties to RU.
The rest remains to be seen. Compromat ? One should never make deals with Putler. Greed gets the best of you.
If he was in bed with Putler, he will be stuck there forever as Russia can spill the beans and get his government contracts revoked and in dealing with anything in a national security nature and would run the risk of having his corporate charters revoked. So, that threat is a matter of control from now on. There is no getting out. Your in.
I would not be alone in seeing this somewhat weird, hard to explain behavior.
Since the election, X, better known as ‘Formally Twitter’, has lost over 1 million users per day and most have recently joined a alternate platform named BlueSky.
With a sure to dump stock price, will he need to turn to Russian sources again to stay afloat? The platform seems to be turning favor to Russian interest worldwide even beforehand.
While he may be the richest man alive, you can’t turn the value of assets into cash without selling them or borrowing on them.
When he owns it in whole, all the losses come out of his pocket and not shareholders as he is the primary shareholder.
The platform Twitter did loose 23 billion in value when he took over and fired everyone to save costs..