What if a Pentagon contractor from South Africa, using his money and social media platform to try and return a seemingly declining former president labeled a “fascist” by his former top aide to the White House, did not have the best interests of America at heart?

That’s the alarming possibility raised by Wall Street Journal. On Thursday, the newspaper owned by Rupert Murdoch reported that Elon Musk, the CEO of X and Tesla, has been “in regular contact” with Russian President Vladimir Putin since late 2022.

Musk previously denied that he was in constant conversation with a dictator. In October 2022, he was adamant that he was being defamed: Ian Bremmer, president of the Eurasia Group, had just reported that the 53-year-old billionaire spoke with Putin before he himself proposed a Ukraine “peace” deal on X — one that called for Kyiv ceding territory to Moscow and pledging to remain “neutral” by never joining NATO.

“I have spoken to Putin only once and that was about 18 months ago,” Musk responded. “The subject matter was........

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