Key Points
- đ€ Elon Musk met with the President of Hungary, Katalin NovĂĄk, at Gigafactory Texas.
- đ They discussed the demographic crisis in the Western world, with NovĂĄk emphasizing its importance compared to climate change.
- đ° Musk later confirmed on X that the meeting was about population collapse.
- đ¶ Musk recently expressed the belief that “having children is saving the world.”
- đ Musk has been meeting with various world leaders, including Thailand’s Prime Minister, Israel’s Prime Minister, and Turkey’s President, covering a range of topics, including Tesla-related discussions.
Tesla CEO Elon Musk has met with several world leaders in recent weeks, with the latest being a U.S. meeting with the President of Hungary, according to a new report.
Musk met with Hungary President Katalin NovĂĄk at Gigafactory Texas on Monday, as reported by Daily News Hungary (via Sawyer Merritt). NovĂĄk originally posted an image from the meeting on Facebook, depicting the two shaking hands in front of the Austin, Texas production facility.
âIn the end, Elon Musk could not come to the Demographic Summit in Budapest,â NovĂĄk wrote in the Faceboook post, as translated from Hungarian. âWeâre rescheduling the meeting for now. Details tomorrow!â
According to Daily News Hungary, the two parties talked about the demographic crisis in the Western world. The publication also said that NovĂĄk opened the meeting by telling Musk that the demographic crisis wasnât receiving enough attention compared to the dangers of climate change.
Musk later posted about the meeting on X confirming that the meeting had been about population collapse.
The news comes just hours after Musk posted on X that âhaving children is saving the world,â and after heâs been outspoken on the issue of population collapse for years. It also comes just a few weeks after Musk reposted an interview from Tucker Carlson with Hungary Prime Minister Viktor OrbĂĄn, to which NovĂĄk responded inviting the Tesla head to Budapest.
Since then, there had been some speculation in Hungary that Musk may make it to the biannual Demographic Summit in Budapest, which was held earlier this month.
In the past week alone, Musk has met with Thailand Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin, Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Turkey President Recep Tayyip ErdoÄan. Each of those discussions were wide-ranging in topics, though some have also included talks of building Tesla car or battery manufacturing plants.
Update: Added Elon Muskâs post on X following the meeting.