On Saturday, Brazilian First Lady Rosangela “Ganja” da Silva insulted Elon Musk, the CEO of Tesla and owner of SpaceX and the social media platform X, at an event before the G20 summit in which she called for stricter regulation of social media. . Media.
While speaking before a panel on misinformation, she appeared startled by the loud noise.
“I think it’s Elon Musk,” she said, adding: “I’m not afraid of you.”
A video of the episode quickly went viral on X, sparking a reaction from the tech billionaire.
“They will lose the next election,” Musk wrote, adding a pair of laughing emojis.
The businessman who will soon become a member of US President-elect Donald Trump’s administration has a complicated history with Brazil.
The country’s highest court suspended Company X for 40 days this year as part of a legal fight over disinformation.
Leftist President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva welcomed the suspension as a legitimate measure against disinformation.
Musk is an ally of former far-right President Jair Bolsonaro, who has indicated his intention to run again in 2026 despite being disqualified after being convicted of discrediting the country’s electoral system.
On Saturday, Bolsonaro posted a screenshot of the first lady making her controversial statement.
“We now have another diplomatic problem,” he wrote.
The G20 summit of the largest economies will be held on Monday and Tuesday in Rio de Janeiro.