Elon Musk meets with Iran's UN ambassador - report

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

52% : As Trump prepares to address conflicts in Ukraine and the Middle East, Musk, the world's richest man, has been assisting in discussions with foreign officials, establishing himself as the country's most influential civilian come January.
51% : Earlier this month, Musk reportedly made a guest appearance on a call between Trump and the Ukrainian president, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, who thanked Musk for the satellites he had been providing Ukraine through his company, Starlink.
39% : "To restart this process, Trump is going to need technical experts on the nuclear issue, on the regional issue, to have working groups, to have honest interlocutors, and good-faith negotiators."
38% : "Whether America can have successful negotiations with Iran under Trump really will have to do with Musk or whoever is going to lead these negotiations, and a team that is dedicated to a negotiating process, that is willing to do the hard work that actual diplomatic process and international relations entails," Toossi added.
34% : "And the Iranians have not engaged Americans in direct negotiations since before Trump left the nuclear deal, so this could be a very big deal.
14% : Related: Trump will give Israel 'blank check' which may mean all-out war with Iran, says ex-CIA chiefAlso during his presidency, Trump ordered the US strike that killed Maj Gen Qassim Soleimani, the commander of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps' elite Quds force in January 2020.

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