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Elon Musk's Conversations with Vladimir Putin

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Re: Elon Musk's Conversations with Vladimir Putin

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The correct title is Elon Musk's Secret Conversations With Vladimir Putin.

Omitting the word "Secret" makes it seem like the conversations were innocuous. Keep in mind that Musk has a security clearance that allows him access to certain classified information. If he is having secret conversations with Putin while possessing classified information that's a problem.

Re: Elon Musk's Conversations with Vladimir Putin

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>At one point, Putin asked the billionaire to avoid activating his Starlink satellite internet service over Taiwan as a favor to Chinese leader Xi Jinping, said two people briefed on the request. uh. holy s--t!

The word for this is treason. Arrest him, strip him of his assets, revoke his citizenship, and put him on trial with the death penalty on the table.

Would be the happiest day of my life.

Re: Elon Musk's Conversations with Vladimir Putin

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Whoever, owing allegiance to the United States, levies war against them or adheres to their enemies, giving them aid and comfort within the United States or elsewhere, is guilty of treason. [1] To "adhere" means to support or be loyal to. In this context, it refers to someone aligning themselves with the enemies of the U.S., either by joining them or providing help and resources, such as intelligence, weapons, or log…

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Re: Elon Musk's Conversations with Vladimir Putin

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>At one point, Putin asked the billionaire to avoid activating his Starlink satellite internet service over Taiwan as a favor to Chinese leader Xi Jinping, said two people briefed on the request. uh. holy s--t!

The word for this is treason. Arrest him, strip him of his assets, revoke his citizenship, and put him on trial with the death penalty on the table.

Being allegedly asked a question is treason?

Re: Elon Musk's Conversations with Vladimir Putin

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Whoever, owing allegiance to the United States, levies war against them or adheres to their enemies, giving them aid and comfort within the United States or elsewhere, is guilty of treason. [1] To "adhere" means to support or be loyal to. In this context, it refers to someone aligning themselves with the enemies of the U.S., either by joining them or providing help and resources, such as intelligence, weapons, or log…

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Re: Elon Musk's Conversations with Vladimir Putin

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Whoever, owing allegiance to the United States, levies war against them or adheres to their enemies, giving them aid and comfort within the United States or elsewhere, is guilty of treason. [1] To "adhere" means to support or be loyal to. In this context, it refers to someone aligning themselves with the enemies of the U.S., either by joining them or providing help and resources, such as intelligence, weapons, or log…

Sounds like Trump would match this description too with his relationship with Putin, how he sent Covid machines to him instead of the American people, how he's promised to withdraw all support to Ukraine and cripple NATO.

Essentially he wants to give Putin everything he asks for.

Re: Elon Musk's Conversations with Vladimir Putin

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That puts this story in a new light. "In October 2023, Musk shared a meme to his millions of followers" that according to leaked documents obtained by a number of European media outlets "was put together by none other than the Social Design Agency" -- a Moscow-based group accused by the U.S. of orchestrating a "persistent foreign malign influence campaign" on behalf of the Kremlin. https://futurism.com/the-byte/elon-…

I think the most obvious thing has been the volume of Russian propaganda bots that flooded Twitter since Elon acquired it.

We're talking about accounts posing as US citizens, for example, spreading disinformation.

It was like a backdoor was opened for this sort of thing to flow unchecked.

Re: Elon Musk's Conversations with Vladimir Putin

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That puts this story in a new light. "In October 2023, Musk shared a meme to his millions of followers" that according to leaked documents obtained by a number of European media outlets "was put together by none other than the Social Design Agency" -- a Moscow-based group accused by the U.S. of orchestrating a "persistent foreign malign influence campaign" on behalf of the Kremlin. https://futurism.com/the-byte/elon-…

I think the most obvious thing has been the volume of Russian propaganda bots that flooded Twitter since Elon acquired it. We're talking about accounts posing as US citizens, for example, spreading disinformation. It was like a backdoor was opened for this sort of thing to flow unchecked.

Musk financing the purchase of Twitter using Russian oligarchs is an even bigger proof.

Re: Elon Musk's Conversations with Vladimir Putin

#29

That puts this story in a new light. "In October 2023, Musk shared a meme to his millions of followers" that according to leaked documents obtained by a number of European media outlets "was put together by none other than the Social Design Agency" -- a Moscow-based group accused by the U.S. of orchestrating a "persistent foreign malign influence campaign" on behalf of the Kremlin. https://futurism.com/the-byte/elon-…

> shared a meme

You can stop reading here

Re: Elon Musk's Conversations with Vladimir Putin

#30

Whoever, owing allegiance to the United States, levies war against them or adheres to their enemies, giving them aid and comfort within the United States or elsewhere, is guilty of treason. [1] To "adhere" means to support or be loyal to. In this context, it refers to someone aligning themselves with the enemies of the U.S., either by joining them or providing help and resources, such as intelligence, weapons, or log…

Hypothetically speaking, would supporting an entity that attacked an US Navy ship, directly resulting in death of US navy servicemen, constitute as such?
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