According to the Fox Business Channel website reported on the 26th, in response to the Wall Street Journal’s previous information about “American billionaire Elon Musk and Russian President Putin regular communication,”, nASA administrator Horatio Nelson said Tuesday that an investigation should be carried out. In addition, Elon Musk himself gave a dubious response to the reports.
Musk, file photo, source: foreign media
“I don’t know if the story is true [ but ] I think there should be an investigation,” Horatio Nelson said, “If the story is true that there were multiple conversations between Elon Elon Musk and the Russian president, then I think that is worrying, especially for NASA, the [ US ] defence department and some intelligence agencies.”
Elon Musk himself responded to the Wall Street Journal story on social media site X on Tuesday, Fox Businessweek.com reported. A Netizen commenting on the report said it was an attempt to establish that Elon Musk was a Russian agent, the report said. Elon Musk responded with two “Tears of joy” emojis below.
A screenshot of musk responding to comments on the Wall Street Journal story
Local time on October 24, the Wall Street Journal revealed that a number of sources said that since the end of 2022, Musk and Russian President Putin maintained regular communication. The discussions touched on personal, business and geopolitical issues, according to several current or former US, European and Russian officials. In response to the revelation, Kremlin spokesman Peskov said Musk’s only communication with the Kremlin was a phone call, the Wall Street Journal said, he discussed “Space and current and future technologies” with Putin. Beyond that, neither Putin nor Kremlin officials have had regular talks with Elon Musk.
Separately, the Pentagon and the White House responded to the WSJ report, according to Fox Businessweek.com. Reported that a Pentagon spokesman said that, “We do not comment on the security clearances, vetting or identities of any individual, nor do we comment on personnel security policy issues in the context of reporting on any individual’s conduct,” Kirby, the White House National Security Council’s strategic communications coordinator, said at a news conference on the 25th, “I can not confirm the veracity of these reports. We recommend that you go to Mr. Elon Musk and discuss his private correspondence.”