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by 2OEH8eoCRo0 964 days ago
Maybe, but he also interfered in a rather large Ukrainian operation to Russia's benefit.

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/08/world/europe/elon-musk-uk...

> Elon Musk foiled an attack on Russia’s Black Sea fleet last year

> Mykhailo Podolyak, a top adviser to President Volodymyr Zelensky, accused Mr. Musk of enabling Russian aggression. Because of Mr. Musk’s decision, “civilians, children are being killed,” he wrote on X on Thursday. “This is the price of a cocktail of ignorance and big ego.”

> a SpaceX executive said that Starlink had taken steps to curtail Ukraine’s use of the technology to control drones, infuriating Ukrainian officials.