Arizona Senator Mark Kelly has publicly criticized Tesla CEO Elon Musk after a senior advisor to former President Donald Trump labeled him a “traitor” for visiting Ukraine.
Kelly, a former astronaut and current U.S. senator, recently made his third visit to Ukraine, stating he traveled there to “show support for the Ukrainian people.”
Following Musk’s remarks, Kelly announced he was selling his Tesla, describing it as “a little janky” and “kind of cheaply built on the inside.” He later shared a video on social media, declaring that he was driving the car for the last time.
“Every time I get in this car in the last 60 days or so, it reminds me of just how much damage Elon Musk and Donald Trump are doing to our country,” Kelly said, referencing issues such as Social Security and health care. He went on to say, “I think it’s time to get rid of it. Elon Musk turned out to be an ahole, and I don’t want to be driving a car built and designed by an ahole.”
Meanwhile, U.S. military aid to Ukraine has resumed after the Trump administration lifted its suspension, allowing weapons deliveries to Kyiv in its fight against Russia.
Earlier last summer, American Faith reported Kelly supposedly co-founded a spy balloon company funded by venture capital linked to the Chinese Communist Party (CCP).
The company, World View, initially sought to contribute to space tourism using balloons, although the advancement of technology later led to a change in its vision, Fox News reported.
“As we matured our technology, we recognized an opportunity for immediate use cases for our technology through remote sensing services to defense, scientific and commercial customers,” a World View spokesperson told the outlet.
“Today, our primary business remains providing remote sensing services to the U.S. Department of Defense and her allies by way of intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance capabilities, as well as servicing scientific organizations like NASA, NOAA and others to better understand Earth from the unique atmospheric layer of the stratosphere,” the spokesperson added.
