Deny everything
Elon Musk continues to deny giving a Chechen warlord a Cybertruck with a machine gun, even though the warlord in question was the one who made the claim.
If CNN notesRamzan Kadyrov, the head of the Annexed by Russia Chechen Republic which acts as a foot soldier for Vladimir Putin in the region, suggested in a Telegram message last weekend that Musk had given him the makeshift Cyber Tank.
“We have received a Tesla Cybertruck from the respected Elon Musk,” Kadyrov wrote, per CNN‘s translation. “I was happy to test the new equipment and personally saw that there is a reason it is called ‘Cyberbeast’.”
Responding to a critic on X-formerly-TwitterMusk continued to insist the claim was false, using an insulting remark about people with disabilities to emphasize his point.
“Are you really that deranged that you think I donated a Cybertruck to a Russian general?” the multi-hyphenate billionaire wrote. “That’s astonishing.”
What eloquence from one of the richest men in the world!
Deceive me twice
After that initial denial, Kadyrov’s claim continued to spread like wildfire on social media. In response, Musk doubled down on his denial, this time piggybacking on another user’s post.
“I highly doubt Elon Musk is giving away Cybertrucks to Russian officials for free,” the user wrote alongside a screenshot of an article repeating Kadyrov’s claim. “Maybe the guy got it from someone who sold it to him. But I can’t imagine Elon Musk giving away Cybertrucks to Russia.”
In response, the South African-Canadian magnate suggested that the Chechen leader, who encouraged and led the country’s reforms, infamous gay purges in 2017was probably just a joke.
“This is completely incorrect,” Musk wrote“He’s trolling.”
Ultimately, the serial entrepreneur is probably telling the truth, but given his strangely pro-Russian stance amid Putin’s long-term invasion of Ukrainethen it is logical that people here believe the Chechen warlord.
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