Elon Musk is a 'real genius', Putin says after satellite talks with SpaceX boss

Earlier this week: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50267802

> Nice Little Satellite You Got Here. Shame If Anything Were to Happen to It.

This bodes poorly for Ukraine, therefore the EU, therefore EU-US relations, therefore the world.

Is Elon is effectively flatterable as Trump or as easily convinced as Witkoff?

It has been amusing observing supposedly genius level tech industry leaders kiss Trump's ass, and how that aged like milk. Cozying up to Putin is next level idiocy.