- Elon Musk is feuding on Twitter with China's top propagandist.
- Hu Xijin, a Chinese commentator, said Musk would be "taught a lesson" over his views on Ukraine.
Billionaire Elon Musk has been embroiled in a Twitter brawl over the Ukraine war with China's top propagandist, Hu Xijin.
Hu, a $4 of Chinese state media outlet Global Times who has been described as China's "troll king" by $4, called Musk out in a Wednesday tweet responding to Musk's $4 on how to end the Ukraine war.
In the poll, Musk asked his followers to vote on whether his list of conditions — which included re-doing the $4 in the four Ukrainian regions annexed by Russia and ensuring Ukraine's neutrality in the region — would work to bring an end to the conflict.
In his scathing response to the poll on Wednesday, Hu wrote: "Elon Musk has released his personality too much, and he believes too much in the US and West's 'freedom of speech.' He will be taught a lesson."
Musk fired back at Hu on Thursday with a phrase in Chinese that read: "手整体插在口袋里的人过分自信."
The Chinese phrase posted by Musk did not appear to be entirely coherent but translated to: "A man with his whole hands in his pockets is overly confident."
—Elon Musk (@elonmusk) $4
It is unclear what Musk meant by the tweet. However, some Twitter users commented that it might have been a Google-translated version of a meme involving an innuendo-laden $4 that states: "Man with hand in pocket feel cocky all day."
Users on China's Twitter-like Weibo platform appeared none the wiser about the meaning of Musk's post but speculated that Musk meant to say that Hu was $4.
For his part, Hu responded to Musk on Friday with a tweet that read: "Man with hands in Twitter feels confident."
—Hu Xijin 胡锡进 (@HuXijin_GT) $4
Musk has sparred with several figures over Twitter in the last week, including $4
In response to Musk's proposed peace plan, Ukraine's ambassador to Germany, Andrij Melnyk, blasted Musk in a $4 on Tuesday that stated: "Fuck off is my very diplomatic reply to you." Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy $4, posting $4 that asked if people like a Musk who supports Russia or a Musk who supports Ukraine more.
Musk also got into a contentious Twitter exchange with the Kyiv Post, a Ukrainian media outlet that called Musk out for his "pride and vanity."
"Look, $4, like we said before we are grateful to you for the Starlinks. We naturally disagree with your peace plan and make no secret of it — but we do invite you to give us an interview and explain why your stance is like that. We are keen to know. DM?" the outlet $4.
"I'm a big fan of Ukraine, but not of WW3," Musk $4 the same day.
Hu and Musk did not immediately respond to Insider's request for comment.