Billionaire SpaceX and Tesla founder Elon Musk sounded a dire alarm during a Twitter Spaces event last week, warning President Biden he is “sleepwalking into World War III” as a series of conflicts erupt worldwide.

“Let’s just say that in order for there to be a global conflict, a World War Three, you have to have two superpower alliances where one cannot easily defeat the other. And that is the case,” he said during the event hosted by David Sacks and featuring 2024 GOP presidential contender Vivek Ramaswamy, adding that U.S. policy under Biden is driving Russia and China closer together.

“And that, I think, is a massive shift in thinking that most people do not understand. Most people on this call may understand, but most do not. I think we want to try to avoid that,” he added. “I hope it is not something that the tides of history are simply going to sweep us in that direction because there is a strong argument that these things are actually unavoidable and the tides of history will sweep us in that direction whether we like it or not. But we should try to avoid that if at all possible.”

“Unfortunately, our policy has been forcing Russia and Iran to ally with China; it’s been forcing them. What choice have we given them?” he asked.

“Russia has the raw materials, and China has the industrial capacity. It’s, frankly, a perfect match from a war standpoint. So I think we need to stop doing that. It’s unwise, and I think it will lead to an immense risk to civilization,” said Musk.

“I want to emphasize there’s a civilizational risk — there are tragedies on an individual level, tragedies on a community level, and then there’s civilizational risk. We just need to make sure that we’re not putting civilization itself at stake, which is World War Three,” Musk, who is the principal shareholder in the “X” platform, formally Twitter.

“I think we are sleepwalking our way into World War Three, sleepwalking our way into World War Three with one foolish decision after another,” Musk reiterated. “Really, people should be deeply self-reflective. If they make their predictions come true. They should consider whether perhaps their predictions might not come true either.

“What is the track record here? It’s not good,” he noted further.