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Calling Card
October 29, 2024 1223 replies
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Christian Bale calls it in as Patrick Bateman. Image courtesy Lions Gate Films
Q1. A report in Friday's Wall Street Journal said Elon Musk, CEO of SpaceX and Tesla, principal owner of X, has been in regular contact with Russian President Vladmir Putin since late 2022.

SpaceX is a large government contractor and provides critical services to US national security, launching spy satellites for the Pentagon and providing its Starlink satellite internet service in hotspots such as Ukraine.

How do you feel about these contacts between Musk and Putin, if true?
male
female
rep
ind
dem
18-29
30-44
45-64
65+

Don't believe they are true

14%
14%
14%
28%
9%
0%
14%
7%
16%
17%

Feel pleased, optimistic

6%
9%
4%
13%
7%
0%
7%
3%
8%
7%

Feel mixed

11%
16%
6%
18%
11%
5%
23%
12%
8%
6%

Feel concerned, pessimistic

46%
38%
53%
6%
52%
83%
36%
53%
42%
50%

None remotely represent my feelings

11%
8%
15%
14%
10%
9%
2%
11%
16%
12%

Don't know

2%
3%
2%
5%
1%
0%
0%
2%
3%
3%

Don't care

10%
13%
6%
17%
10%
2%
17%
12%
8%
4%
Q2. Musk said recently that he has a top secret US security clearance. People with that clearance have a legal obligation to disclose any substantive contact with foreign nationals.

Musk has yet to comment on the WSJ report.

Which do you think is most likely?
male
female
rep
ind
dem
18-29
30-44
45-64
65+

Moot: Musk doesn't have top secret clearance

22%
18%
26%
19%
24%
25%
30%
27%
15%
23%

There was no contact

11%
14%
9%
24%
7%
0%
14%
5%
14%
13%

Was contact, Musk did not report it

36%
28%
43%
4%
41%
67%
17%
39%
39%
44%

Was contact, Musk did report it

9%
13%
5%
16%
10%
1%
2%
12%
10%
8%

Don't know

14%
17%
11%
23%
13%
6%
30%
8%
14%
9%

Don't care

7%
8%
7%
14%
5%
1%
7%
9%
9%
3%
Q3. A new book by Bob Woodward reports former President Trump has had as many as seven private phone calls with Putin since he (Trump) left office.

Former Obama administration secretary of state John Kerry said he was in touch with Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif "three or four times" after he left office, and that their discussions included the nuclear deal that was later scrapped by Trump.

What do you think about these contacts?
male
female
rep
ind
dem
18-29
30-44
45-64
65+
Group A

Trump never spoke with Putin after leaving

7%
9%
6%
15%
4%
1%
0%
4%
11%
11%

He did, but that's fine

28%
38%
19%
56%
27%
2%
40%
28%
28%
21%

He did, that's a problem

51%
36%
65%
5%
55%
95%
44%
52%
48%
57%

Don't know

11%
12%
10%
20%
11%
3%
8%
13%
12%
9%
Group B

Kerry contact with Zarif fine

27%
31%
22%
21%
31%
31%
24%
27%
27%
28%

A problem

47%
43%
52%
53%
49%
41%
30%
46%
55%
50%

Don't know

22%
20%
24%
19%
17%
26%
39%
21%
16%
19%

Don't care

3%
5%
1%
6%
4%
0%
8%
3%
2%
3%
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