First of all, he is a businessman,” the political scientist suggested Musk’s behavior after the scandal with Ukraine

Elon Musk suffered reputational losses due to obstruction of the operation of maritime drones/Collage 24 Channel

After the scandal with the shutdown of Starlink on the eve of the Ukrainian operation near Crimea, Elon Musk was invited to a conversation at the White House. In the end, the billionaire agreed to give the American government control over the satellite Internet, while suffering considerable reputational losses.

Political scientist Igor told Channel 24 about this Reiterovich. In his opinion, after such a high-profile scandal, Musk will finally take a break from numerous political statements.

Why does Musk make political statements

Musk is in an uncertain position, because with his words he has associated himself with Russia. This game of “not everything is so simple” played a cruel joke on him.

“The media often looks at Elon Musk as a public intellectual, a visionary and a leader of public opinion. But at the same time they often forget that he is first and foremost is a businessman, and it is through the prism of business that his statements should be considered,” Reiterovich is convinced.

Igor Reiterovich about the scandal with the shutdown of Starlink over Crimea: watch the video

It has already happened several times that Musk’s public statements led to changes in the market that were beneficial specifically to his companies. Now, after exposing Musk’s attempt to influence the course of the Russian-Ukrainian war, his reputation has suffered serious losses. Therefore, the billionaire can refrain from political comments for a while.

However, the American businessman will in any case have a great influence on world politics, because he is the owner of the social network Twitter. It is significant that a year after the buyout of the network by Musk, who proclaimed a course to increase “freedom of speech,” the number of pro-Kremlin bots and disseminators of disinformation on Twitter increased.

Details of the incident with shutdown of Starlink over Crimea

As the author of Musk's biography told CNN, in September 2022, the billionaire decided to turn off the Starlink satellite Internet over the coast of Crimea after learning about the possible use of maritime drones by Ukraine.

“It is very good that the US government has taken up regulation satellite Internet Starlink. I would like to note that this does not involve any encroachment on freedom of doing business, because we are talking about a situation related to American national interests,” Reiterovich emphasized.

At a certain point, Musk simply believed that he was capable of independently determining the interests of the United States of America, although he did not have such powers. This is probably what the Biden administration reminded him of, which forced the billionaire to take a break from discussing this situation.

What is known about Musk’s position regarding the Russian-Ukrainian war< /h2>

• At the beginning of the war, Musk transferred a large number of Starlink satellite Internet stations to Ukraine. This was a significant factor on the battlefield, because it helped our defenders effectively coordinate their actions among themselves.
• However, in October 2022, the scandalous businessman published his so-called “peace plan” between Ukraine and Russia. In it, he played along with the Russian propaganda, calling Crimea “Russian territory” and offering Ukraine to remain “neutral” in exchange for peace. After this statement, shares of his most profitable company, Tesla, fell by several dollars.
• Probably one of the richest people on Earth constantly gets into scandals due to belief in conspiracy theories and the desire to look for an “alternative opinion” in everything. Accordingly, Russian propaganda became such an “alternative opinion” to the official US position on the war in Ukraine.
• At the same time, Musk medially supports the popular pro-Trumpist “chatty head” Tucker Carlson, who, after being fired from American television already denied the destruction of the Kakhovka hydroelectric power station by the Russians and interviewed the President of Hungary, in which he called Ukraine’s entry into NATO “unrealistic.”