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Elon Musk joined Donald Trump when Zelensky called Trump to congratulate him on his victory.
When President-election Donald Trump spoke with Ukraine president Volodymyr Zelensky, Elon Musk was there and Trump handed the phone to Musk during the call, Axios and New York Times reported. The reporst ssaid it was not known in details what the three men discussed but according to a person familiar with the discussion, the tone was positive. Trump has not yet spoken to Russia president Vladimir Putin buit Putin said he will pick up if Trump calls.
Zelensky called Trump to congratulate him on the election win and Trump, according to the reports, "did not leave Zelensky with a feeling of despair". "Musk also weighed in during the call to say he will continue supporting Ukraine through his Starlink," reports said. Elon Musk's presence in a presidential call shows the importance he is going to gain. Musk was a Mar-a-Lago the Election Night and also featured at Trump's family photo with his four-year-old son X.
When Trump told Zelensky he would not abandon Ukraine
Zelensky met Trump in September in New York and discussed a possible diplomatic path for ending the Russia-Ukraine war. At that meeting, Trump told Zelensky he would not abandon Ukraine. "I promise you will be happy with me," Trump told Zelensky, as reported by Axios.
A day after the call, Zelensky in Budapest said Trump wants to end the war quickly but also asserted that this was not discussed in detail during the call. "If it's just fast, it means losses for Ukraine. I just don't yet understand how this could be in any other way. Maybe we do not know something, do not see," Zelensky said.
The Axios report said Musk also joined Trump's call with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, who told reporters that Musk and Trump had been having dinner together at the time.
