‘If he wins, I give him free …’: Elon Musk accepts Venezuela President Maduro’s problem to ‘struggle’

Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and billionaire Elon Musk are at loggerheads with one another with each of them buying and selling barbs viciously. With the disagreement brewing, the Tesla CEO now has accepted to debate the Venezuelan president.
The billionaire who has been at odds with Maduro amid political turmoil within the Venezuelan capital took to X and mentioned, he “accepts” to struggle him on nationwide tv with a situation —– “If I win, he resigns as dictator of Venezuela.If he wins, I give him a free journey to Mars.”

Elon Musk has taken to X a number of occasions over the previous few months to criticise Maduro and at occasions even thrown weight behind the opposition candidate in Venezuela. In a single explicit put up Musk referred to Maduro as a “massive man”, whereas additionally taking a dig at Fb founder Mark Zuckerberg by terming him a “little fella”.
“Maduro is an enormous man himself and possibly is aware of the best way to struggle, so this could be an actual struggle. Zuck is a bit of fella, so that may be a brief struggle lol,” he mentioned in his put up.

For his half, the socialist chief has accused Musk of being behind “assaults in opposition to Venezuela” and presumably the mastermind of an alleged “pc hacking” on the Nationwide Electoral Council (CNE), which concluded Maduro because the winner of Sunday’s vote.
Following a gathering with high political and navy advisors on Tuesday, Maduro introduced the creation of a particular committee, aided by Russian and Chinese language specialists, to guage the nation’s biosecurity and an assault on the CNE’s communications programs.
“The assaults, I’m certain, have been directed by the facility of Elon Musk,” he mentioned.
Nonetheless, following Musk’s public clashes in opposition to him, Maduro responded by saying, “Social media creates a digital actuality, and who controls the digital actuality? Our new archenemy, the well-known Elon Musk, do you need to struggle? Let’s do it. Elon Musk, I am prepared. I am not afraid of you Elon Musk. Let’s struggle, wherever you need,” Maduro mentioned.
Maduro has additionally accused the billionaire of being a serious power behind these assaults and claimed that there’s a “world alliance” of maximum right-wing parts, drug traffickers, Musk, and the US authorities working in opposition to Venezuela.
‘Dictator Maduro’
The billionaire has had no qualms to date in publicly taking down Maduro’s insurance policies on X.
Earlier than the current election, Musk tweeted, “It’s time for the folks of Venezuela to have the possibility for a greater future. Help Maria Corina!” He was endorsing Maria Corina Machado, a preferred opposition chief barred from working in opposition to Maduro.
Following the election and the announcement of outcomes, Musk tweeted, “Disgrace on Dictator Maduro” and “What a travesty.” He additionally shared a 2020 US drug enforcement administration announcement detailing legal prices in opposition to Maduro for drug trafficking and a $15 million reward for info resulting in his arrest.
These posts provoked a robust response from Maduro. He accused Musk of desirous to invade Venezuela with a military and blamed him for the assaults in opposition to the nation, saying, “Good factor you confirmed your face as a result of we knew you have been behind all of it! Along with your cash and your satellites.”
Maduro continued, “You need to struggle? Elon Musk, I’m prepared. I’m the son of Bolivar and Chavez, I am not afraid of you. The folks defeated Elon Musk’s bots!”
Musk responded in Spanish with, “An ass is aware of greater than Maduro,” and later added, “Sorry for evaluating the poor ass to Maduro. That was an insult to the animal kingdom.”
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