Musk makes Star Wars reference to threat of WWIII

The billionaire has weighed in on a potential imminent escalation of the Ukraine conflict

US entrepreneur Elon Musk has reacted to a warning from President Vladimir Putin about the consequences of possible long-range strikes against Russia with Western precision weapons.

Putin said on Thursday that Ukraine is incapable of deploying Western missiles on its own, and that such strikes require satellite intelligence and programming by NATO specialists. Consequently, any such strikes “will mean that NATO nations, the US and European countries, are at war with Russia,” he added.

Musk shared a video of Putin’s remarks posted by the popular X account Wall Street Silver, which warned that the US administration is “expected to launch WW3 this weekend and authorize attacks deep in Russian territory.”

“I have a bad feeling about this,” the billionaire commented, apparently using a catchphrase popularized by the Star Wars franchise.

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Ukraine has been asking for the capability to strike targets deep inside Russia with donated Western weapons for months, claiming that the lack of permission to do so undermined its positions on the front line. In the past several weeks, there have been persistent rumors in the Western press of an imminent positive decision by Washington.

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken visited Kiev this week alongside his British counterpart David Lammy. Both nations have provided long-range weapons to Ukraine, which have been used against targets inside territories that Kiev claims under its sovereignty, but not inside universally-recognized Russian territory.

The original post with Putin’s remarks put personal responsibility for the possible outbreak of a world war on US President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris, who is also the Democratic Party’s nominee in the upcoming presidential election.

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Musk supports the Republican candidate, Donald Trump. The former president has accused his opponents of putting the world at risk of a nuclear war during his campaign.