Elon Musk agrees to fight Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro.
Elon Musk, the SpaceX owner, has reacted to Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro’s video on social media in which he challenged the billionaire to a fight.
In a post on his social media platform, X, Musk, 53, wrote: “I accept.”
Earlier, a video went viral online that showed Maduro, 61, holding a cellphone as he alleged that Elon Musk wants to occupy Venezuela with his space rockets and asked him to a fight.
#BREAKING: allegedly Elon Musk accepts Nicolas Maduro’s challenge for a fight on national television.
FYI Maduro is 6’ 2 and grew up in the slums of Caracas.
Elon on the other hand…. pic.twitter.com/v9HPEtANMM
— Denis Rogatyuk (@DenisRogatyuk) July 31, 2024
In the video, Maduro said: “Elon Musk, you are desperate. You went off the rails. Control yourself, or you will fail just like these right-wing-led all-American politicians.
“Elon Musk, whoever messes with me dries up. Whoever messes with Venezuela dries up, Elon Musk. You want to fight? Let’s have it.”
He added: “If you want it, I want it, Elon Musk. Just say where.”
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The challenge follows Maduro’s win in the country’s presidential election after securing over 50% of the vote, although the opposition contends that the results are not true.
Elon shared videos of Venezuelans tearing down images of Maduro and toppling statues of Hugo Chavez.
Maduro said: “Social media creates a virtual reality, and who controls the virtual reality? Our new archenemy, the famous Elon Musk.”
It is important to mention here that Musk had challenged Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg to a fight which never happened despite creating a lot of commotion.
Social media erupted after learning Musk had accepted Maduro’s challenge as one user wrote: “I’m putting my money on Elon. He’s a towering figure and has the mindset of a honey badger.”
“Maduro is a big guy himself and probably knows how to fight, so this would be a real fight. Zuck is a little fella, so that would be a short fight lol,” Musk responded.
Another user asked who would win the fight between Maduro and Musk.
The tech tycoon replied: “If I win, he resigns as dictator of Venezuela. If he wins, I give him a free ride to Mars.”
