Tech billionaire and self-proclaimed dark-gothic MAGA (Make America Great Again) Elon Musk has reportedly joined their call. The new president of the USA, Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Friday signaled the Tesla CEO’s growing influence in the second Trump administration.

Two sources with knowledge of the meeting said that Musk was next to Trump during the 25-minute meeting with Zelenskyy. axios. During the meeting, Zelenskyy congratulated Trump for his decisive stance Victory in US presidential elections This week.

The president-elect assured Zelenskyy that he would support Ukraine, but did not specify his approach: axios reported.

After speaking with Trump, Musk arrived and reportedly told Zelenskyy that he would continue providing Starlink satellite internet connection to Ukraine.

Accordingly axiosThe meeting with Trump did not leave Zelenskyy with a “feeling of despair.”

In an official statement, Zelenskyy said he praised Trump and his team for their tremendous campaign.

“We agreed to maintain close dialogue and advance our cooperation. Strong and unwavering US leadership is vital to the world and a just peace,” he said.

Meanwhile on Thursday Russian President Vladimir Putin congratulated Donald Trump On winning US elections. Putin stated that he was ready to talk to Trump and emphasized that efforts should be made to repair US-Russia relations and end the war in Ukraine.

Elon Musk’s stance on supporting Ukraine has been inconsistent at times. Musk rejected Ukraine’s request to activate satellites over Crimea, saying it would make Starlink’s parent company SpaceX “complicit in a major act of war and escalation of conflict,” according to Walter Isaacson’s biography. Guard reported.

early 2022 Musk also released a proposed peace plan an event that experts on social media criticized as pro-Kremlin.

In response, Zelenskyy organized a poll on X, asking his followers which of Musk they preferred: whether he supported Ukraine or Russia. Unsurprisingly, the first option won the majority of votes.

Lately, Wall Street Magazine Musk has reportedly been in contact with Vladimir Putin since 2022. It’s unclear what they discussed, but Starlink was reportedly mentioned, and Putin asked Musk to refrain from activating it via Taiwan, reportedly as a favor to China’s Xi Jinping.

Musk later responded to the report on X: “Wow, Swamp’s ‘Trump is Hitler’ quote didn’t work. “We’d better try ‘Elon is a Russian agent’ one more time.”