Elon Musk holds a chainsaw reading "Long live freedom, damn it" during the annual Conservative Political Action Conference at the Gaylord National Resort & Convention Center at National Harbor in Oxon Hill, Maryland, on Feb. 20. The chainsaw was a present to Elon Musk from Argentina's President Javier Milei.Â
Elon Musk holds a chainsaw reading "Long live freedom, damn it" during the annual Conservative Political Action Conference at the Gaylord National Resort & Convention Center at National Harbor in Oxon Hill, Maryland, on Feb. 20. The chainsaw was a present to Elon Musk from Argentina's President Javier Milei.Â
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