The Musk tracker
A sourced record of 212 statements and actions by Elon Musk and his companies since 2022: interventions in the politics, governments, courts and regulation of 43 countries and the European Union, threats and legal action against critics, and the use of market power against competitors. Each entry sets out what he said or did, the background, the response and what happened next.
Claims about countries that governments, courts or fact-checkers disputed or found false.
Speaking at the All-In Summit in Los Angeles, Musk said Taiwan is an integral part of China that is arbitrarily not part of China
and that it may be analogous to Hawaii
from Beijing's standpoint.
Response: Taiwan's Foreign Minister Joseph Wu wrote on X: Listen up, Taiwan is not part of the PRC & certainly not for sale!
and added he hoped Musk could ask the CCP to open X to its people.
In a CNBC interview, Musk said The official policy of China is that Taiwan should be integrated
and There's a certain inevitability to the situation.
Response: Taiwan's Foreign Minister Joseph Wu wrote on Twitter, addressing Musk: other than money, there is something we call VALUES.
In a Financial Times interview, Musk proposed a special administrative zone for Taiwan that is reasonably palatable
and said an arrangement could be more lenient than Hong Kong.
Reuters and The Independent reported that he also said he considered conflict…
Response: China's ambassador to the US, Qin Gang, thanked Musk and restated Beijing's peaceful reunification
and One Country, Two Systems
principles. Taiwan's de facto ambassador to the US, Hsiao Bi-khim,…
Taiwan
China