Elon Musk: “A country is not its geography. A country is its people.”

Elon Musk: A country is its people.

“A country is not its geography. A country is its people. This is a fundamental concept that is truly obvious. If you took the people of Italy and you teleported the people of Italy to some part of the United States, it would still be Italy. But if you teleported a bunch of people from some other part of the world to Italy, then the geographic region would no longer be Italy. It would be that other country.”

Interview with Matteo Salvini, April 5, 2025