Did Elon Musk threaten Russia? Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk recently stirred controversy with his response to a Twitter post from Kremlin-backed news outlet RT. The post in question criticised Musk’s recent launch of a Japanese billionaire into space and boasted that Russia has sent 50 people into space while the U.S. has only sent one. Musk responded with a tweet reading “One day, the USA will surpass Russia in space exploration again.”
The clearly threatening message prompted a reaction from the Russian media, with some expressing anger at what they saw as an act of aggression by Musk. Others argued that the tweet was simply meant as a joke. Putin himself weighed in, stressing that “in the future, we must exercise more caution when communicating with other countries.”
However, experts say that the tweet is unlikely to have any real impact on Russia-U.S. relations. Some argue that Musk didn’t intend the tweet to be taken literally, and that he was simply making a “general statement of
