Elon Musk has made a grim prediction about the escalating violence in Ukraine, saying Vladimir Putin could soon be preparing for nuclear warfare after he allegedly spoke to the Russian President.
His doomsday musings came after he shared a poll on Twitter at the start of the month, proposing what he thinks is a good plan to restore peace in Ukraine.
His plan included Ukraine acquiescing the peninsula of Crimea to Russia, the re-doing of elections in annexed regions under UN supervision where "Russia leaves if that is will of the people".READ MORE: News anchor facing 10 years in gulag for anti-war protest live on air flees RussiaHe added in a later tweet that "a possible, albeit unlikely, outcome from this conflict is nuclear war".Musk's overly simplistic plan was voted down and a day after the tweets on October 4, Newsweek ran an opinion piece by podcaster David Sacks, who protected Musk.Sacks wrote the billionaire was rounded upon by "the Twitter mob that has formed to police the discourse on all things related to Ukraine".
And today, October 17, Musk quote tweeted the story, saying that it was "exceptionally well-said", before being asked if he thought there was a possibility of a nuclear war or World War Three.He responded: "If Russia is faced with the choice of losing Crimea or using battlefield nukes, they will choose the latter.
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