Elon Musk hits out at Zelensky in pointed jab after explosive Donald Trump row

Elon Musk has repeated several bizarre claims about Volodymyr Zelensky on his own social media platform X/Twitter including the claim he was running a "fraud machine"

Billionaire Elon Musk has once again hit out at Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky following a catastrophic meeting with Donald Trump and Vice President JD Vance.

The X/Twitter CEO repeated yet another attack against Mr Zelensky by taking to his own social media platform. It comes days after the disastrous meeting between Mr Zelensky and the US President in the Oval Office earlier this week.

In response to an X/Twitter post by Benny Johnson, an American right-wing influencer alleged to have been secretly funded by Russian state media to post videos "often consistent" with the Kremlin's talking points, Mr Musk said he believed the US had helped Ukraine too much.

"More people now think the US is helping Ukraine too much - up from 7 per cent to 41 per cent," Mr Johnson wrote. "On top of that, trust in Zelensky fell from 72 per cent to under 48 per cent. America first."

Mr Musk quoted the post and added: "Zelensky damaged himself severely in the eyes of the public. Just a fact." He continued in another post: "What I said over two years ago was that Ukraine should seek peace or suffer severe loss of life for no gains. The latter was Zelensky's choice. Now, he wants to do that again. This is cruel and inhumane."

His comments came after an ungracious spat between Mr Zelensky and Mr Trump and his Vice President, JD Vance. The Ukrainian leader questioned Mr Vance sending the Vice President into a rage in front of reporters and cameras.

When confronted about ending the war in Ukraine, Mr Zelensky asked: "What kind of diplomacy, JD, are you speaking about? What do you mean?" Mr Vance then furiously shot back: "I'm talking about the kind of diplomacy that's going to end the destruction of your country."

Billionaire Mr Musk has shared numerous posts hitting out at Ukraine and the ongoing war. He claimed last month that Mr Zelensky ran a "fraud machine feeding off the dead bodies of soldiers."

He has also called for Mr Zelensky to hold elections despite the Ukrainian constitution not permitting ones to be held during times of war. He said in a previous X/Twitter post: "n reality, he is despised by the people of Ukraine, which is why he has refused to hold an election. I challenge Zelensky to hold an election and refute this. He will not."