Tech billionaire Elon Musk took a swipe at US President Donald Trump’s proposed ‘Board of Peace’ throughout a panel dialogue on the World Financial Discussion board (WEF) in Davos, the place he appeared alongside BlackRock CEO Larry Fink.

Musk quipped that the initiative’s identify is perhaps extra becoming as ‘piece’ somewhat than ‘peace’, drawing laughter from the viewers.
“I heard concerning the formation of the Peace Summit and I believed is that piece or … a bit of piece of Greenland a bit of piece of Venezuela,” Musk stated, earlier than including, “All we wish is peace.”

The panel was chaired by Trump, whose administration had initially envisioned the board as a small group of world leaders to supervise a ceasefire and reconstruction plan for Gaza. The scope has since expanded, with invites prolonged to dozens of nations and indications that the physique might evolve right into a broader conflict-mediation platform.

Remarks Come As Musk–Trump Relationship Recalibrates

Musk’s feedback come at a time when his relationship with Trump seems to be stabilising after a turbulent interval marked by a public fallout and later reconciliation. The entrepreneur has beforehand been seen as an ally of the Republican chief.

Musk Predicts Robotic-Pushed Future

Through the dialogue, Musk additionally revisited his long-held view that robots would radically reshape society by decreasing the necessity for human labour.

“There will probably be such an abundance of products and companies,” he stated, including that “there’ll be extra robots than individuals.”

Musk predicted that “everybody on Earth” would finally desire a robotic to assist take care of ageing dad and mom or kids, and stated Tesla plans to start promoting robots to the general public by the tip of subsequent yr.

Davos Look Regardless of Previous Criticism

Musk’s presence at Davos stood out given his long-standing criticism of the discussion board. He has repeatedly described the WEF as elitist and unaccountable, mocking it on X as “boring” and calling it “an unelected world authorities that the individuals by no means requested for and don’t need.”

His look additionally comes as xAI’s chatbot Grok faces controversy over allegations associated to sexually express picture era.