Venezuela takes center stage not only because of the tremendous chaos of their elections, which reinstated dictator Nicolas Maduro but also because of the ongoing feud between the country’s leader and the world’s richest man, Elon Musk.
The Tesla CEO has been a vocal critic of the Maduro regime in the past few days. Musk even accused the Venezuelan president of rigging the elections.
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During a public address, Maduro went on an unhinged rant against the billionaire, to the point that it challenged Musk into a televised fistfight match.
He said in Spanish, “I am not afraid of you.”
“Let’s go at it. Wherever you want. As we say in Caracas in the neighborhoods, if you want it, I want it, Elon Musk.”
“Whoever messes with me, dries up. Whoever messes with Venezuela dries up, Elon Musk. You want to fight? Let’s have it, Elon Musk. I’m ready… I am not afraid of you. Let’s go at it, wherever you want… Just say where.”
Musk quickly replied to X and said: “I accept.”
However, the Tesla and Space X chief thinks the Venezuelan president isn’t serious and that “He will chicken out.”
He even suggested including Zuckerberg in the fight with only one man coming out.
Musk dared Maduro to resign if he defeated the Venezuelan president while giving him a free ride to Mars if Maduro outperformed him.
“If I win, he resigns as dictator of Venezuela. If he wins, I give him a free ride to Mars,” the Tesla CEO quipped.
Meanwhile, he acknowledged Maduro as “a big guy” who probably knows how to fight.
But the bickering did not stop there, as the Venezuelan tough guy went off the rails again, saying in a public address, “Elon Musk, let’s go. But come here, in the polyhedron, you and me. If I beat you, Elon Musk, I accept your trip to Mars. But you’re coming with me.”
He even likened himself to David and the tech bosses Goliaths.
“The Goliath: Elon Musk, Zuckerberg, and Bezos. Here is David, with the strength of the people,” Maduro thundered.
Musk and Maduro have traded barbs over the past few days as the unrest in Caracas continues to escalate.
Venezuela’s National Electoral Council declared that Nicolas Maduro defeated his challenger, Edmundo Gonzalez Urrutia — after he secured 51 percent of the votes during the July 28 election.
The declaration of Maduro’s reelection without disclosing the numbers sparked rage in Venezuela, with demonstrators questioning the result of the canvassing.
After Maduro’s victory, Musk took to X and called the entire Venezuelan election a ‘travesty’ and called the Venezuelan president a “dictator.”
maduro is a thug bully that believes like ALL mafia boss’ that no one can mess with them . hims like walz , a big mouth socialist !