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News & Current Events Mar 27, 2026 at 9:47 PM

Elon Musk joined Trump’s call with Modi on war in Iran, says report

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Elon Musk joined Trump’s call with Modi on war in Iran, says report
The Independent
Elon Musk joined Trump’s call with Modi on war in Iran, says report
It remains unclear what Musk, a private citizen, was doing on the phone call

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Historical_Bend_2629 Mar 27, 2026 +362
Unelected billionaire directing foreign policy. Nice job MAGA.
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nightSoft_lane Mar 27, 2026 +100
MAGA folks spent years screaming about unelected elites, and now they’re cheering this on. The irony is doing backflips at this point.
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TheGringoDingo Mar 28, 2026 +19
They’ve been really quiet about George Soros this time around
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jaxiepie7 Mar 28, 2026 +1
Honestly, I think irony is so exhausted from it all that at this point it is just lying face down on the carpet whimpering.
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YouWereBrained Mar 28, 2026 +1
It’s because they don’t care when THEIR SIDE does it.
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ChiGuy6124 Mar 27, 2026 +21
Yep. Trump worships money, period. Musk is Money. Musk is going to leverage his wealth to steer the country in what ever direction he feels like, as long as Trump is president. Trump is a chump.
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Main-Bandicoot6477 Mar 27, 2026 +18
Billionaire Musk sits in on calls with the current president conducting foreign policy and Republicans have the gall to ever bring up Soros? The hypocrisy is off the charts.
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redalert825 Mar 28, 2026 +3
Of course he gets the access from trumpstein. Gotta pay him back in full thanks for him rigging the election.
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Dreamtrain Mar 28, 2026 +1
Foreign unelected billionaire. I'm also foreign and couldn't even give $5 to Bernie's campaign if I wanted to, and trust me I do, but he gets to pull all of this?
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Sea_Green7967 Mar 27, 2026 +10
Unelected and not even from here.
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Psychosomatic_Addict Mar 27, 2026 +2
But he’s one of us* *starlink provides internet to my double wide
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AccomplishedBrain309 Mar 28, 2026 +1
In se asia 5g cell coverage starts at $20 / month. So where does starlink fit into this market rate for data. It doesnt. Spacex is fully dependant on massive military spending. So servicing wars is in Musks best interest, and Musk has no limits to his ambition.
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McNalienBro Mar 27, 2026 +2
An unelected most likely illegal immigrant billionaire*
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3MATX Mar 27, 2026 +3
Sure unelected. But he paid for it a darn tootin he’s entitled to lead this country’s military every now and again.  
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Sharp-Calligrapher70 Mar 28, 2026 +2
Everything they accused Democrats of doing while calling them “crooked”, this administration is a doing in the open and MAGA is more than willing to bend the knee. 
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Chaos-Cortex Mar 28, 2026 +2
They don’t care they will bend over for Elons broken d***.
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DocShocker Mar 27, 2026 +85
Oh for fucks sake. Can't Musk just fly to the moon or mars or into the f****** sun already?
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Even_Trifle9341 Mar 27, 2026 +18
Well you see, no, not that competent.
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[deleted] Mar 27, 2026 +1
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DocShocker Mar 27, 2026 +3
Exactly. Prove us all wrong, Elmo. You can do it.
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Tommyblahblah Mar 27, 2026 +12
Ickyrus
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blu_stingray Mar 27, 2026 +4
Cyber-Icarus
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boli99 Mar 28, 2026 +1
> or into the f****** sun Grok would probably say that it will be fine as long as they go at night.
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Jp95060 Mar 27, 2026 +54
The wealthy are the problem. The only way to change anything is to eliminate extreme wealth.
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biscuitarse Mar 27, 2026 +12
Billionaires have a salary cap on millionaires in professional sports leagues. Why not cap their asses?
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AccomplishedBrain309 Mar 28, 2026 +1
Removing unlimited donations from politics is a good start.
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Historical_Bend_2629 Mar 27, 2026 +37
The toddler sociopath needed help from a middle aged sociopath..
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DogVacuum Mar 28, 2026 +1
“Elon, please do an autism for Mr Modi.”
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Zealot_Alec Mar 27, 2026 +1
1 adult in 3 on call
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dakotanorth8 Mar 27, 2026 +12
The amount of outrage the right will eventually have, it’s so hilarious that there will literally be hundreds of documented examples to just show a screenshot and go “yep, get f*cked”
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Wise_Recover_4344 Mar 27, 2026 +10
People have short memories unfortunately.
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elonknows Mar 27, 2026 +8
Prob cause of all the satellite coverage he has now. Def a problem
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Kendal_with_1_L Mar 28, 2026 +7
Not this Nazi again?
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TheOhrenberger Mar 28, 2026 +4
Anyone who has as much money as musk and is still working is a f****** loser
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birdie_Sea Mar 27, 2026 +3
Elon just needs his H1Bs to keep coming
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AmIThisNothingness Mar 27, 2026 +3
In short, f*** 'em both!
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recentgrooves Mar 27, 2026 +3
Unelected bureaucrats!!! The deep state strikes again
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dilbertron Mar 27, 2026 +3
Why is Elon back again?!
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Mediocre_Comedian739 Mar 28, 2026 +1
Herpes never goes away.
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AllGarbage Mar 28, 2026 +4
I couldn’t possibly think of any reasons why someone with a controlling stake in an EV company wouldn’t want to end this war and rein in oil prices. /s
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ChiGuy6124 Mar 27, 2026 +6
*This is kind of insane. Looks like the billionaires Billionaire ahole is back running the country. Anyway, happy Friday everyone!* "[Elon Musk](https://www.independent.co.uk/topic/elon-musk) joined a phone call ⁠between [Donald Trump](https://www.independent.co.uk/topic/donald-trump) and [Narendra Modi](https://www.independent.co.uk/topic/narendra-modi) about ⁠the war ‌in Iran, according to a report." "The US president and India’s [prime minister](https://www.independent.co.uk/topic/prime-minister) held a phone call on Tuesday where they discussed the escalating crisis in the Middle East, and the Iranian military’s control of the [Strait of Hormuz](https://www.independent.co.uk/topic/strait-of-hormuz), *The New York Times* reported." "There was no official mention on the day that the Space X billionaire, a private citizen, was on the call." "Two US officials confirmed Musk’s appearance on the call to *The New York Times* anonymously because they were not authorised to speak publicly, the paper reported." "It remains unclear why the world’s richest man was on the call, or whether he spoke, but his presence suggests he may be on better terms with the president, after they fell out last summer following Musk’s departure from government." "The duo appear to have resolved their differences in recent months." "Prior to the war, Musk’s Starlink technology was vital on the ground in Iran during the Islamic Republic’s internet blackouts." "The Trump administration reportedly smuggled thousands of Starlink terminals into Iran following the regime’s violent crackdown on demonstrations in January." "President Trump was reportedly aware of the deliveries, but it remains unclear whether he or someone else directly approved the plans." "Owning a Starlink terminal is illegal in Iran and risks years in prison, although Musk reportedly waived monthly subscription payments for users inside Iran last month following the government’s internet crackdown."
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tommytwolegs Mar 27, 2026
Plenty of reasons to hate the guy but that really isn't one of them
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Money-Director6649 Mar 28, 2026 +2
why?
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Solomon_Grungy Mar 28, 2026 +2
I think history will look back at this time and think for many reasons, “what the f*** were people thinking?”
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the_boring_apple Mar 28, 2026 +2
They're just so weird
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AccomplishedBrain309 Mar 28, 2026 +1
And then declares his company that has billions in government contracts through an ipo is worth 1.75 trillion. Exactly where is all this money going to spontaneously appear from. Many americans cant afford food and fewer every day support anything to do with Trumps war.
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NotThatHandsomePete Mar 27, 2026 +1
Elon Soros-Musk
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BreakOffWu Mar 27, 2026 +1
Fk me this fool has learnt anything from last time
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Crankenstein_8000 Mar 27, 2026 +1
Because we have an unserious White House.
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thermalcry Mar 27, 2026 +1
Selling vaporware, no doubt.
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IsThereCheese Mar 27, 2026 +1
Sure why not What’s the worst the nazi could do
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starfleethastanks Mar 27, 2026 +1
This is what happens when your government spends almost 50 years following the philosophy of "government is the problem".
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pennyforyourthohts Mar 27, 2026 +1
Could be because of starlink. Iran probably using it like the Russian’s were
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Catspaw129 Mar 28, 2026 +1
47: You, Modi, if you don't do I want, I'll sic DOGE on you. Elon is right here, he'll tell you.
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Bobobo-bobobo-bo-bo Mar 28, 2026 +1
Kinda wish the billionaire class would realize Musk makes them look more incompetent and expendable than anyone else and then deal with him.
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VisibleVersus Mar 28, 2026 +1
Elon, you're doing a heck of a job
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Icy_Ratio6281 Mar 28, 2026 +1
I'm sure he was just there to talk Sharpies.
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madasfire Mar 28, 2026 +1
They hadn't met their required brain cell threshold without him.
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Infinite-Emptiness Mar 28, 2026 +1
So much for the shining democracy lol
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Hour-Passenger-8513 Mar 28, 2026 +1
Elon wants to sell snake oil in India so that Tesla shares prices stop dropping.
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Calcutec_1 Mar 28, 2026 +1
So he’s First Buddy again ?
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Agreeable_Crow789 Mar 27, 2026
Iran is also a large supplier of pro MAGA bot accounts, or at least people that take advantage of it posting AI and misleading content on X in support of Trump and his regime
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No-Nature3939 Mar 27, 2026 +4
That's not true. it doesnt even make sense.
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Agreeable_Crow789 Mar 27, 2026 +1
I would suggest to go look at X and see the posts from Iranian themed accounts. I don’t know if they’re coming from within Iran or not, or even if it’s malicious or they’re just smart and engagement baiting for income. But it’s a continuous stream of posts exclaiming how amazing the U.S. military is and how great Trump is for the Iranian people and posting a bunch of old/fake/misleading military actions claiming how mighty the U.S. is. Now that Grok is basically fact checking everything all the comments are just calling them out for being false Again, I don’t know if they’re actually from Iran or not, but these accounts are themed to be Iranian and often post in Farsi. Certainly there is a push for pro Trump regime imaging focusing on Iran, whether to influence them or they’re monitizing it. Either way, Trump is benefited by having internet in Iran
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withersoul Mar 27, 2026 +2
They are the mossad or israeli or w/e bots, they exist on insta and listnook too check newiran, israelpalestine, syria etc subs theres a ton of them with the lion profile and saying thanks for liberating us, these bombs are helping us, we want pahlavi etc.
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DramaticSweet3412 Mar 27, 2026 -1
Why doesn't it make sense? Iran has been trying to destabilize the US. Russia has been too. Russia isn't supporting Trump because they're buddies, Russia is supporting Trump and MAGA because they further divide the US. It's not farfetched to assume Iran is doing what Russia is doing.
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No-Nature3939 Mar 28, 2026 +1
No, I really dont believe it. They know how dangerous the Trump administration was from 2016. I highly f****** doubt that they would be supporting him now with bots.
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DramaticSweet3412 Mar 28, 2026 +1
They literally already won this war. They've gained a huge advantage. Like what are we talking about?
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Prayer_Warrior21 Mar 27, 2026 +1
Iran \*hates\* Trump, even before this...I'm not convinced.
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DramaticSweet3412 Mar 27, 2026 +3
Hating Trump and supporting the destabilization of the US aren't mutually exclusive.
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