Elon Musk accepted Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro’s challenge to fight him on national TV on Wednesday, writing to X he thinks the South American leader will “chicken out.”
The Tesla tech mogul, 53, and Maduro, 61, have gone after each other this week after Musk asserted that Venezuela’s election was fraudulent and that Maduro, the election’s winner, had actually been soundly defeated.
An enraged Maduro, often described as an autocrat, called out Musk by name in a tirade that was broadcasted Tuesday. Maduro declared he was a son of Hugo Chávez and Simón Bolívar, telling Musk he wasn’t afraid of taking him on anytime, anywhere.
