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Musk calls former ISS commander ‘idiot’ in heated exchange over astronauts - National | Globalnews.ca

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Elon Musk has been using his social media platform, X, to trade barbs with a European Space Agency astronaut and former commander of the International Space Station .

Andreas " Andy" Mogensen took exception to Musk ’s claims that former U.S. President Joe Biden left two Americans abandoned on the ISS on purpose.

The spat started on X Thursday and continued into Friday , with several other astronauts joining the fray.

Musk called Mogensen an "idiot" and a derogatory slur.