Tesla co-founder previously suggested Taiwan should become a ‘special administrative zone’ in China
Elon Musk, the owner of X/Twitter, was called out on his platform by Taiwan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs after calling the island nation an “integral part of China” and insisting that he understands “China well.”
Mr Musk made the comments on the “All In” podcast while answering a question about China and the future of his involvement with the nation.
During the interview, Mr Musk said “I think I understand China well,” and notes that he’s been there several times and has met with high-ranking officials.
He then turns his attention to Taiwan, and compares its relationship to China to Hawaii’s relationship to the US, insisting it is "an integral part of China that is arbitrarily not part of China”.
That comparison is flawed in two major ways: first, Hawaii is not a contested region, but is unquestionably a US state with all the same powers and freedoms granted any other US state; second, Taiwan’s assertion that it is its own state is not arbitrary, but instead a position it has held for decades.
People think this guy is an idiot yet there’s not a single day he’s not on the front page. Keep on fueling his popularity…
I used to want a Tesla and loved catching SpaceX streams but this has all soured them for me.
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Me too… To pour salt in your wound… Did you hear they’re only published on X now?
To get over it, I just remind myself that there are many other talented people working for SpaceX and Gwynn Shotwell runs the day to day operations.
Just look at their sales
Even if I try to avoid it, I see reality stars on the front page of new sites everyday. Does that make them more popular to me? No.
If you see this person on the front page you don’t see someone else instead. They indeed become more popular even for you