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1. Various of Evo Morales supporters (file)
2. Various of Elon Musk at Tesla Factory (file)
3. Various of conferencia of Elon Musk
3. Various of Evo Morales (file)

STORYLINE:

Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk has stirred up a Twitter storm after seemingly suggesting that he has no objections to carrying out regime change operations for his company’s benefit. But some argued Musk was clearly joking.

The provocative comments were made after the billionaire businessman suggested that another government stimulus bill to help boost America’s faltering economy would “not be in the best interests of the people.”

One unpersuaded commentator fired back: “You know what wasn’t in the best interest of people? The US government organizing a coup against Evo Morales in Bolivia so you could obtain the lithium there.”

Musk, apparently unphased by the accusation, responded: “We will coup whoever we want! Deal with it.” In a follow-up tweet, he claimed that Tesla gets its lithium from Australia.

Many described Musk’s musings as “flippant” and “murderous and cruel,” not everyone took the Tesla CEO’s pronouncement at face value, however. Some observers argued that Musk was clearly joking, even if his jest was in poor taste.

Bolivia’s former president, Evo Morales, resigned and fled the country last November following accusations of election fraud, he called the events “a coup” aimed at installing a right-wing leader who will open up Bolivia’s lithium reserves.

Earlier in November 2019, Bolivia axed a massive lithium project with German company ACI Systems Alemania (ACISA).