Musk reacts to latest Zelensky NATO demand

Elon Musk has expressed confusion over remarks by Ukraine’s Vladimir Zelensky about pressing the White House on NATO membership for Kiev.

The South African tech billionaire played a major role in Donald Trump’s victory in the US presidential election last month and has been described by the media as “first buddy” due to his spending a lot of time at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago residence.

On Monday, Musk reposted a video shared by one of his favorite X creators, Mario Nafwal, with nothing but a ‘face with raised eyebrow’ emoji. The symbol represents “skepticism, doubt, disapproval, wonder, and confusion.”

Musk was reacting to Nafwal quoting Zelensky as saying “I will ask Biden to invite me to NATO... there’s no point in talking to Trump.”

The 42-second video, subtitled in English, showed Zelensky explaining to someone in Kiev that Trump is not yet in the White House and Joe Biden is still in office.

“I will call President Biden in the near future, if he has the opportunity to speak to me, and raise the question of the NATO invitation, because he is the current US president and much still depends on his position,” Zelensky said. “There is no point in discussing that with President Trump while he is not in the White House, it does not depend on him.”

Musk has provided Ukraine with Starlink satellite communication, but has been an advocate for making peace with Russia. Trump has asked him to be one of the leaders in the new Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) advisory body.