Elon Musk Takes Jab at the U.S. Government’s Priorities As He Breaks His Silence on Brittney Griner Situation

While many have weighed in on the situation involving WNBA player Brittney Griner’s Russian detention, Elon Musk had not yet done so.

That changed today as Musk broke his silence with a tweet taking a jab at the U.S. government’s priorities, questioning why they would free her but not others in America convicted of marijuana charges.

Musk shared a meme that said, “People in the US in jail for weed while the government trades a Russian war criminal to free a woman’s basketball player in jail for weed.”

In the tweet, Musk asked, “Maybe free some people in jail for weed here too?”

Maybe free some people in jail for weed here too? pic.twitter.com/AYo0ZC79lZ

— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) July 31, 2022

During a 2018 interview on the “Joe Rogan Experience” podcast, Musk took a hit of a spliff, which is weed mixed with tobacco,

That came after a Wall Street Journal interview where Musk said that “Weed is not helpful for productivity.”

“There’s a reason for the word ‘stoned.’ You just sit there like a stone on weed,” Musk told the news outlet.

As we previously reported, Russia made a counteroffer to the United States’s proposal to exchange Griner and Paul Whelan for the “merchant of death”, arms dealer Viktor Bout.

The eastern European country counteroffered by adding a request for the release of Vadim Krasikov, a convicted murderer.

Founder of the National Security Institute, Jamil Jaffer, believes this move is Russia flexing its leverage and possibly looking for a middle ground.

“This effort to get Krasikov might be a counteroffer designed to get a middle ground,” Jaffer said. “The Russians had also been asking earlier for a hacker named Roman Seleznev, he’s the son of a member of the Russian parliament, he’s got a 27-year sentence in U.S. prison for engaging in bank fraud, credit card fraud.”

Russia Counters, Requests Release of Convicted Murderer as well in Exchange for Brittney Griner