Elon Musk Calls Sen. Mark Kelly ‘A Traitor’ After Visiting Ukraine | EUROtoday

Tech billionaire Elon Musk accused Sen. Mark Kelly of betraying his nation after the Arizona Democrat visited Ukraine over the weekend and urged the U.S. to face with Ukrainians in opposition to continued Russian aggression.

The accusation from one among President Donald Trump’s most influential advisers got here in response to Kelly’s observations in regards to the battle in Ukraine on X, the social media platform owned by Musk and recognized previously as Twitter.

“You are a traitor,” Musk informed the senator on Monday.

“I’ve sworn an oath to this country. I’ve flown in combat. I served in the Navy for 25 years. It appears to me the oath that Elon Musk stands by is the oath to billionaires make their lives easier, not the American people, not veterans,” Kelly stated in response. “He’s not a serious guy. He should go back to building rockets.”

Kelly, a former U.S. Navy fight pilot and astronaut, visited a navy hospital and met with Red Cross workers throughout his third go to to Ukraine since 2023. He heard from wounded service members and frolicked with pilots who’ve flown fight missions defending from Russian air assaults.

“No one wants this war to end more than President [Volodymyr] Zelenskyy and the Ukrainian people,” Kelly stated in an announcement. “But it has to end in a way that protects their sovereignty and security. The safety of Ukraine is tied to the safety of the United States, that’s why I stand with Ukraine.”

He added extra feedback on-line on Monday which appeared to set off Musk, a critic of Zelenskyy and U.S. assist for Ukraine.

“It’s not ‘America First’ to pull the rug out from under an ally and leave their people to die,” Kelly wrote. “This kind of foreign policy will end with no one in the world trusting America.”

The senator’s go to adopted Trump’s heated assembly on the White House final month with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Vice President JD Vance, through which Vance berated Zelenskyy, ensuing within the Ukrainian president leaving the White House with out signing an settlement for safety ensures from the U.S. in trade for Ukrainian uncommon earth minerals.

Since the Feb. 28 assembly, Trump paused U.S. navy assist and intelligence sharing with Ukraine. He’s additionally threatened sanctions on Russia in response to its lethal bombing campaigns in Ukraine.

It’s not the primary time Musk has attacked Kelly. Last month, the Tesla and SpaceX CEO referred to as the senator a “Dem donor shill” after he and his brother Scott Kelly, who can also be a retired astronaut, criticized Musk for his derogatory feedback a couple of Danish astronaut.

Kelly then challenged the Department of Government Efficiency head to “climb into a rocket ship” earlier than speaking to the three of them.

“If he’s ready to go up into space at any time, I am happy to go with him,” Kelly informed CNN final month. “I know where the space station is, how to get there, I’ll be happy to join him on that mission.”