“Maduro is a giant man himself and doubtless is aware of the best way to battle, so this may be an actual battle,” Musk wrote on X (previously Twitter).”Zuck is just a little fella, so that will be a brief battle lol.”
The jab at Zuckerberg comes greater than a yr after Musk first challenged the Meta CEO to a battle, following hypothesis that Zuckerberg’s firm was growing a competitor to Musk’s X. Regardless of the back-and-forth trash speak between the 2 tech moguls, the battle by no means materialized, with Zuckerberg dismissing Musk’s bluster as simply speak.
“If he ever agrees on an precise date, you will hear it from me. Till then, please assume something he says has not been agreed on,” Zuckerberg wrote on Threads final August, downplaying Musk’s frequent mentions of the potential cage match.
Even with out the Zuckerberg battle, Musk hasn’t shied away from making public challenges to world leaders. After Russia invaded Ukraine in 2022, Musk famously challenged Vladimir Putin to “single fight,” though that confrontation additionally remained hypothetical.
‘Main election fraud‘
The confrontation started when Musk, CEO of Tesla, SpaceX, and proprietor of X (previously Twitter), accused Maduro of “main election fraud” following the controversial Venezuelan presidential election.
Each Maduro and his opponent, Edmundo González, claimed victory, however the Nationwide Electoral Council (CNE) declared Maduro the winner with out releasing detailed outcomes, resulting in widespread allegations of election rigging.
Maduro, in a nationwide tv broadcast, accused Musk of orchestrating cyber-attacks towards Venezuela and blamed him for a supposed “laptop hacking” incident on the CNE. “Social media create a digital actuality, and who controls the digital actuality? Our new archenemy is the well-known Elon Musk. Do you wish to battle? Let’s do it. Elon Musk, I am prepared. I am not afraid of you, Elon Musk. Let’s battle, wherever you need,” Maduro declared.
Musk responded on X with a daring assertion: “I’m coming for you Maduro!” He even joked about transporting Maduro to Guantanamo Bay on a donkey.
Musk’s criticism of Maduro escalated after the election outcomes have been introduced, labeling Maduro a “dictator” and the election a “travesty.” In response, Maduro accused Musk of planning an invasion of Venezuela, stating, “He needs to return right here along with his weapons and a military to invade Venezuela. Elon Musk, good factor you confirmed your face as a result of we knew you have been behind all of it! Along with your cash and your satellites.”
Musk additional upped the stakes by suggesting phrases for the battle: “If I win, he resigns as dictator of Venezuela. If he wins, I give him a free experience to Mars.”
