Elon Musk had quite a weekend on Twitter . The billionaire tech mogul accused one of the cave divers who helped save a Thai soccer squad of being a pedophileyesterday . And now the frogman is look at a lawsuit .
British national Vernon Unsworth was instrumental in rescue 12 kids and their soccer handler from a swamp Thai cave last week . And Unsworth was n’t shy about explaining that Elon Musk ’s programme to rescue the kids was ludicrous . This criticism take Musk to first interrogative whether Unsworth was even there ( he was ) and then led Musk to call the grinder a “ pedo guy rope , ” pedo being short for paedophile .
Unsworth told theAFP news agencytoday that he had n’t personally see the tweets ( Musk deleted them last night ) but explained that ’d he ’d heard about them .
“ If it ’s what I think it is yes , ” Unworth replied when the AFP expect him if he project to sue . Unsworth say that he ’d make a final decision about a calumny lawsuit when he get back to the UK .
“ He ’s just a Puerto Rico stunt merchandiser — that ’s all he is , ” Unsworth read about Musk , according to the AFP .
What motivate Musk to call Unsworth a paedophile ? Musk seemed to ground his groundless call on the fact that Unsworth is British and drop sentence in Thailand . Child sex trafficking and harlotry is a problemin Thailand , just as it is in unnumberable other component of the cosmos like Musk ’s body politic of birth South Africa , but simply living in any country is clearly not grounds for such charge . When Twitter users say Musk to cool down out , Musk repeat down on the accusal , order “ bet ya a signed dollar it ’s true . ”
Unsworth splits his time between Thailand and the UK and is deal the foremost expert on the caves where the Thai association football team was trapped . Without Unsworth ’s help , the rescue in all probability would n’t have been as successful as it was .
But Elon Musk has been incredibly sensitive to criticism that he ’s received about his own actions in Thailand . Musk splendidly flew into Thailand with his “ miniskirt - submarine , ” which was ridiculed by many for being an absurd and impractical style to save the kids . Countless expert , admit Unsworth , hollo Musk ’s actions a “ PR stunt . ” The head of the delivery team enounce that Musk ’s musical theme only was “ not pragmatic . ”
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Elon Musk has been an object of ridicule and scorn for the past week , not only for his baseless tone-beginning on heroes , but because Musk was give away to have given thousands of dollars to Republicansover the last quarter . Public records show that Musk has given $ 39,600 to a Republican PAC calledProtect the House , which seeks to keep Republican control of the House of Representatives . Republican River , as you might recall , are the people who have built babe cages and constitute a insurance of “ zero tolerance ” for asylum seekers at the US - Mexico border . Musk ’s donations came the workweek after America ’s internment camps had becomemainstream intelligence .
Musk was one of the last tech figure to quit President Trump ’s advisory council in 2017 and has vex heating system for gettingcozy with authoritarians . Musk insisted that he could change things from inside the Trump government , but that claim was always pretty silly . It seemed like Musk was plainly looking out for himself with all his dabbling in the political sphere . And it makes common sense . Musk makes a lot of money from the administration . His companies receive as much as$4.9 billionin subsidies by some estimation , though it ’s rugged to break out the number exactly . Even if it ’s just a fraction of that , his businesses , from SpaceX to Tesla , trust heavy on government handouts .
Elon Musk has spent the past X becoming a nerd - hero to so many who want him to symbolize the good that the tech residential area has to offer . But it seems every meter people get their hopes up , he lets them down .
[ AFPviaSBS News ]
Correction : This berth originally quoted Musk as saying “ wager ya a dollar sign it ’s true . ” Musk , in fact , tweeted , “ wager ya a signed dollar it ’s true . ” Presumably , Elon Musk believe that a dollar sign by himself is deserving more than a dollar . Gizmodo regret the computer error .
Correction : This post in the first place describe Protect the House as a SuperPAC . In fact , it ’s a veritable Republican PAC . Regular PACs are allowed to donate to individual candidate , but have limits on how much they can spend . Super PACs have no limits on how much they can spend on outcome that involve candidates , but can not give money directly to nominee .
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