Musk Tweets Complicate US Diplomacy From Ukraine to Taiwan

His tweets and other public comments have angered presidents and foreign ministers across Europe and, awkwardly, won praise from America’s rivals. Musk later tweeted this claim was false, and that he hadn’t spoken to Putin in 18 months -- and even then, that it was about space. When Musk was asked what was behind the warning over Starlink, Musk tweeted -- in an apparent joke -- that he was just following Melnyk’s recommendation. Underscoring Ukraine’s reluctance to get into a Twitter flame war with Musk, the country’s leaders blinked on Friday. His suggestion certainly cheered the Chinese ambassador to Washington, who praised Musk in a series of tweets, because they dovetailed with Beijing’s longstanding desire to “reunify” Taiwan with China.