Senator Mark Kelly said he was getting rid of his Tesla Model S after billionaire Elon Musk called the senator a "traitor" on his social media platform X for visiting Ukraine just days after the U.S.

President Donald Trump’s increasingly influential adviser, Elon Musk, called Sen. Mark Kelly (D-AZ) “a traitor” over a social media post about the Arizona Democrat’s recent visit to Ukraine. The senator’s visit to Ukraine was his third since the country was invaded by Russia in 2022,

Senator Mark Kelly, an Arizona Democrat and former astronaut, visited Ukraine over the weekend and said the United States could not give up on the people there as they fight Russia. Musk responded on X.