Elon Musk denies gifting Chechen warlord a Tesla truck

By Seb Starcevic | 08/20/2024 06:40 AM EDT

“Yet another example of how much the legacy media lies,” the Tesla CEO said.

Tesla co-founder and CEO Elon Musk gestures while introducing the newly unveiled all-electric battery-powered Tesla Cybertruck.

Elon Musk has hit back at the claim he had donated a Tesla Cybertuck to the Chechen leader. Frederic J. Brown/AFP via Getty Images

Elon Musk on Monday denied that he gifted Chechnya’s strongman leader Ramzan Kadyrov a Cybertruck.

“Are you seriously so retarded that you think I donated a Cybertruck to a Russian general?” Musk wrote on his social media platform, X.

“Yet another example of how much the legacy media lies,” he added.

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Kadyrov on Saturday posted a video on Telegram of himself behind the wheel of the Tesla vehicle, which appeared to be fitted with a gun turret, and thanked Musk for sending it.

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