Democratic Sen. Mark Kelly stated Tuesday that billionaire Trump supporter Elon Musk is “no longer a major man” after Musk known as Kelly a “traitor” for posting about his talk over with to war-torn Ukraine and urging American improve for the rustic.
“Elon, I do not in reality, you realize, take him significantly,” Kelly stated Tuesday on “CBS Mornings.” “He isn’t a major man. He is been slashing and burning the government on the expense of other people which are seeking to get through and reside their lives, and lots of of the ones are veterans.”
Musk, who owns the social media platform X, has grow to be a close adviser to President Trump because the unofficial head of the Department of Government Efficiency, or DOGE, which has been slashing executive investment and jobs in alignment with Mr. Trump’s time table.
Kelly visited Ukraine just lately, 3 years after the Russian invasion, posting on social media after the commute that “we will’t surrender on Ukraine.”
U.S. improve for Ukraine is now unclear after a heated Feb. 28 Oval Office meeting between Mr. Trump and Vice President JD Vance on one aspect and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy at the different. Mr. Trump has made statements blaming Zelenskyy for beginning the conflict and calling him a “dictator,” whilst Vance accused Zelenskyy of being ungrateful. Since then, resources have showed to CBS Information that the U.S. has paused intelligence sharing with Ukraine.
Kelly stated on “CBS Mornings” that the assembly’s result used to be a “ancient mistake.”
“I feel that is gonna pass down in historical past as one of the crucial dumber issues a president has ever performed,” he added.
A number of key Trump management officers are lately in Saudi Arabia for diplomatic talks led through U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio on the best way to finish the conflict, and introduced Tuesday that Ukraine has agreed to a 30-day ceasefire, which shall be introduced to Russia subsequent.
Kelly stated that “preferably” he’d like to peer Zelenskyy “get it all again and get the Russians out of his nation.”
“And someday I’m hoping to peer Putin rotting in a jail cellular someplace,” Kelly persisted. “I feel that is a chance. He’s a felony. He’s deliberately concentrated on kids’s hospitals and faculties to kill little children. I imply, this man’s one of the crucial worst guys on this planet. And Donald Trump seems to be at him as some, by some means like he is his good friend. I do not get it. It isn’t excellent for us and our nationwide safety. It makes us glance vulnerable and we’re much less secure as a result of it.”
In his social media put up, Kelly, who served as a fighter pilot within the Gulf Conflict, stated his objective within the Senate is “to stay us out of wars,” however “when issues pass sideways and we discover ourselves at the battlefield in a international land or God forbid, at house, the primary name I might need to make is to our Ukrainian pals.”
“Donald Trump is making an attempt to weaken Ukraine’s hand and we’re owed an evidence,” Kelly wrote. “If Putin positive aspects flooring he may not comply with a ceasefire and can in the end threaten a NATO best friend and this places American troops and the American other folks in danger.”
In a remark in accordance with the long thread, Musk wrote “You’re a traitor” with none clarification.
Kelly stated that Musk, Mr. Trump and the White Space “typically does not like anyone who has a special view on insurance policies.”
