By South China Morning Post | Created at 2024-11-08 21:26:50 | Updated at 2024-11-09 01:54:57
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Elon Musk took part in a phone call between Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and US president-elect Donald Trump after his election victory, a senior Ukrainian official said on Friday.
“I confirm it,” the presidency official who asked to remain anonymous said, saying that the claim in a report by US news site Axios about the call on Wednesday was accurate.
Musk, the world’s richest man, played a major role in the Republican’s campaign, spending over US$110 million of his personal fortune to help get him elected. Trump has said he aims to include Musk in some form of advisory role in his coming government.
His presence during an official call underlines his close ties to the next US president.
Another high-ranking Ukrainian source said that Musk was physically present with Trump during the call.
Musk “wasn’t on the line, Trump gave him the phone. They were there together somewhere”, the source said.
