Elon Musk is facing ire on social media for allegedly downplaying the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. During his interview with former US President Donald Trump on X, the two joked that nuclear power is facing a "branding problem" and that it needs to be rebranded. The issue spread like wildfire after CNN played an edited piece from the interview where Musk was talking about how the two cities have rebuild themselves after the horrific bombings in World War II.
CNN selectively edited Donald Trump and Elon Musk's conversation to claim they said that the Hiroshima and Nagasaki bombings were not a big problem. The full context shows they were talking about nuclear energy. via @TrumpWarRoom pic.
twitter.com/2tiPrISSWb — DogeDesigner (@cb_doge) August 13, 2024 "Hiroshima and Nagasaki were bombed but now they are full cities again," the Tesla CEO said. "It is not as scary as people think, basically," he says in the edited clip.
Turns out Musk was actually talking about nuclear energy which can be harnessed to reduce dependence on fossil fuels. ALSO SEE: Elon Musk Said Donald Trump Interview Suffered A 'DDoS Attack' — X / Twitter Employees Say He's Lying Both Musk and Trump agreed that nuclear power has a bad reputation owing to their weaponisation. Plus the accidents in Ukraine's Chernobyl and Japan's Fukushima makes the case of nuclear energy weaker.
But Musk claimed that condition in Fukushima is not that bad and recalled his trip to the town. Would someone inform t.