A worker seals up a portrait of Elon Musk on a billboard in Odessa, Ukraine. File photoMOSCOW, Oct 15Threats, online smear campaigns and multiple federal investigations of U.S. billionaire Elon Musk over his desire to acquire Twitter and statements about Ukraine bear a resemblance to the troubles Donald faced Trump, writes The American Thinker columnist Rajan Laad. After announcing his desire to acquire Twitter, Elon Musk has come under fire, accused of racism, and launched many federal investigations.
"Liberals were afraid of losing their main instrument of manipulation. Twitter employees staged protests. MSNBC said that Musk's acquisition of the social network would have "large-scale, life-changing and world-changing consequences"", Laad said.
In July, Musk changed his mind about buying Twitter, and attacks in the side of the billionaire stopped, but after he again announced the continuation of the process of acquiring a social network and proposed his idea of resolving the situation in Ukraine, the persecution of Musk resumed, and now the media claim that the businessman has ties with Russia.
«Bite the hand that feeds.» Kyiv officials were ridiculed after Musk's decision. A similar development can be traced in the history of the Trump presidency, whose active criticism from the Democrats did not allow the policy to better advance its agenda, the author claims. According to Laad, the current US government is unhappy with Elon Musk's desire to change the status quo in the country and his support for free speech, so the billionaire faces even more harassment from the media and federal agencies. In April, Musk offered $ 44 billion for Twitter, but then demanded to check the company's data that the number of fake accounts used, among other things, to send spam does not exceed five percent. According to the billionaire, the social network underestimated the number of such accounts, and also did not provide sufficient information upon request. He was also dissatisfied with the personnel policy of the company. Later, on July 8, Musk notified Twitter of the withdrawal from the purchase. The social network filed a lawsuit against the businessman in a Delaware court. Earlier, Musk stated on Twitter his vision of resolving the conflict in Ukraine. There are four points in his plan: Crimea must remain part of Russia; in Donbass, Kherson and Zaporozhye regions, repeated referendums should be held under UN supervision; provide the Crimean peninsula with guarantees of water supply; consolidate the neutral status of Ukraine.
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