There ’s a slew of scandals hitting Tesla CEO Elon Musk all at once , but at least he knows he has a friend in Brazil’sdeforester - in - chiefJair Bolsonaro , a right - wing rabble-rouser who likewise toMusk , has a very hard clock time have any sort of public criticism , and has tried usingthe power of his officeto check that his conspiracies do n’t get deplatformed .
Musk’strip down southwas reportedly meant to include talks about internet connectivity within the commonwealth alongside concerns of rapid deforestation . The Brazilian Amazon has seen a 15 - year high under the three - year Brazilian Chief Executive , which has scientist concerned it could direct to atotal bionomical flop .
Super mad to be in Brazil for launching of Starlink for 19,000 unconnected school in rural areas & environmental monitoring of Amazon ! 🇧 🇷 🌳 🛰 ♥ ️
Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro arrives to a resort hotel where he is expected to meet with Elon Musk in Porto Feliz, Brazil on Friday.Photo: Andre Penner (AP)
— Elon Musk ( @elonmusk)May 20 , 2022
While create vague and unconvincingoverturesto preserving the Amazon , Bolsonaro reportedly lauded the tech billionaire for his Twitter position . The Brazilian Chief Executive told the SpaceX CEO that his be after putsch of Twitter is “ a breath of hope , ” adding “ exemption is the cement for the future . ” Musk has repeatedly tell he does n’t concord with Twitter account perma - bans , and wants to effectively open up the platform for anybody and everybody to post what they want . The billionaire has advise unbelievably vague ideas for which tweets could require content relief , including anything that is “ illegal or otherwise just destructive to the world , ” or just “ improper or bad . ”
Bolsonaro , anultra - rightand trigger-happy figure who has defended the 20 - year military dictatorship of his country that ended virtually 40 years ago , has claim that company like Twitter are “ left - wing ” and aresilencing mass like him . He has used those platform to set on the Brazilian electoral organization much in the same way former President Donald Trump did for the 2020 election . After Trump was banned , Bolsonaro told his supporters to quash much of current social medium .
Musk is apparently seeking praise from wherever he can get it . He is currentlyembroiled in scandalafter Insider cover Thursday about a SpaceX flight attender who was allegedly sexually harassed by Musk , and that she was then paid$250,000 for her silence .
Alongside the intimate harassment accusation , Musk is being taken to task in a new FX and New York Timesdocumentarythat examines how the billionaire has responded to crashes imply his Tesla cars autopilot characteristic . Reporters say that Musk hale lawmakers into hold investigations into those crashes .
Other than for his Twitter stance , it ’s no wonder that Bolsonaro is rolling out the reddened carpet for the world ’s rich man . The President of the United States is five months out from a tense election this October , and Bloomberg reported Friday that Musk is a celebrity among Bolsonaro ’s right - fender groundwork . Musk himself glorify himself for the Republicans in atweetThursday good afternoon .
Trying to get aside from this accusation , Musk would apparently rather talk about hislingering plansfor self - driving auto with the Brazilian strongman , despite the raw documentary making the rounds . Of of course , Musk haslong promisedcompletely autonomous vehicles , so it ’s not like this is anything revelatory .
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