{"id":8516,"date":"2024-11-28T10:30:59","date_gmt":"2024-11-28T02:30:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tingchao.xyz\/?p=8516"},"modified":"2024-11-28T10:31:03","modified_gmt":"2024-11-28T02:31:03","slug":"musk-accuses-trump-whistleblower-vindman-of-treason-says-he-will-pay","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tingchao.xyz\/?p=8516","title":{"rendered":"Musk accuses Trump whistleblower Vindman of \u2018treason,\u2019 says \u2018he will pay\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignwide size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"319\" height=\"177\" src=\"https:\/\/tingchao.xyz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/\u5fae\u4fe1\u622a\u56fe_20241128102853.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8517\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tingchao.xyz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/\u5fae\u4fe1\u622a\u56fe_20241128102853.jpg 319w, https:\/\/tingchao.xyz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/\u5fae\u4fe1\u622a\u56fe_20241128102853-300x166.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 319px) 100vw, 319px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Elon Musk on Wednesday suggested retired Army Lt. Col Alexander Vindman \u201ccommitted treason\u201d and \u201cwill pay\u201d after the former Trump impeachment witness accused the tech billionaire and close Trump ally of being unwittingly used by Russia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cVindman is on the payroll of Ukranian oligarchs and has committed treason against the United States,\u201d Musk wrote on his social media platform X, responding to comments Vindman made in an interview about Musk\u2019s reported conversations with Russian President Vladimir Putin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Musk added that Vindman, who played a central role in the first impeachment of then-President Trump, \u201cwill pay the appropriate penalty.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Hill has reached out to Vindman\u2019s team for comment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Musk\u2019s remarks vowing a penalty come as Trump has drawn scrutiny over his repeated pledges to take revenge on his perceived enemies once back in the White House. The former president\u2019s fixation on retribution has sparked concern among critics, some of whom worry a second Trump term will lack some of the guardrails that existed in his first four years in the Oval Office.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The tech billionaire went after Vindman, who worked as a Ukraine expert on the National Security Council and later testified in Trump\u2019s 2019 impeachment hearings, after Vindman pointedly criticized Musk in an MSNBC interview circulated online.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cClearly Putin has a type. He likes narcissists and egomaniacs that he knows as a case officer can easily pander to manipulate, to do his dirty work,\u201d Vindman said in the late October interview circulated online by X users this week. \u201cRussia has been using different levers \u2014 whether that\u2019s corruption networks, in this case, its influencers like Donald Trump, like Elon Musk, to kind of sow discord.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Wall Street Journal reported last month that Musk had been in regular contact with Putin since late 2022. Putin and Musk reportedly had various conversations on personal matters, business and geopolitical tensions, while sometimes involving other high-ranking Russian officials, including Putin\u2019s first deputy chief of staff, Sergei Kiriyenko.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Vindman said Musk\u2019s interactions with Putin are \u201cparticularly troubling\u201d since the tech entrepreneur has access to state secrets and \u201cTop Secret security clearance.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s possible that some of that is seeping through,\u201d Vindman said, adding, \u201cHe\u2019s [Putin] been using the richest man in the world to do his bidding. In some cases, that\u2019s encouraging him probably to support Donald Trump.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Musk\u2019s aerospace company, SpaceX, holds contracts with the Department of Defense and Intelligence Community worth billions of dollars, while his electric vehicle company Tesla receives federal subsidies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The tech entrepreneur has reportedly claimed he holds a U.S. security clearance as part of these federal agreements.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Vindman has remained a vocal critic of Trump, stating earlier this year Trump has \u201cevery intention\u201d to undo American democracy if reelected.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This is not the first time Musk and Vindman have clashed on social media. 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