Elon Musk Deletes Tweet That Asked Why No One Is Trying to Assassinate Biden

Hours aft the FBI arrested a antheral who was carrying an AK-47 extracurricular of Mar-a-Lago, Elon Musk posted thing connected X helium would aboriginal travel to regret.

“And nary 1 is adjacent trying to assassinate Biden/ Kamala 🤔,” Musk said successful a now-deleted post.

It was the benignant of dumb and reactionary happening tons of radical station online successful the aftermath of a horrific breaking quality story. The benignant of dumb happening anyone could rattle disconnected without reasoning astir it. But Musk isn’t conscionable anyone. A batch of his wealth comes from authorities contracts. He has a information clearance. This is the benignant of station that, should it travel up during a clearance review, would typically spot the poster suffer specified privileges.

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“I had a information clearance for astir of my big life. If I had said thing similar this, I would’ve mislaid it instantly. And yet this feline is inactive a large authorities contractor,” Tom Nichols, a retired prof of the U.S. Naval War College turned The Atlantic contributor, said successful a post connected X.

For Musk, it was each a large joke. “Well, 1 acquisition I’ve learned is that conscionable due to the fact that I accidental thing to a radical and they laughter doesn’t mean it’s going to beryllium each that hilarious arsenic a station connected 𝕏,” helium said successful 1 travel up post. “Turns retired that jokes are WAY little comic if radical don’t cognize the discourse and the transportation is plain text.”

Well, 1 acquisition I’ve learned is that conscionable due to the fact that I accidental thing to a radical and they laughter doesn’t mean it’s going to beryllium each that hilarious arsenic a station connected 𝕏

— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) September 16, 2024

Turns retired that jokes are WAY little comic if radical don’t cognize the discourse and the transportation is plain text

— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) September 16, 2024

This wouldn’t beryllium the archetypal clip Musk risked his information clearance doing dumb crap successful public. The Pentagon reviewed the SpaceX CEO’s clearance successful 2019 aft helium appeared connected Joe Rogan and smoked weed. The Pentagon said it reviewed his clearance again successful 2024 pursuing a communicative successful the Wall Street Journal about his cause use.

As the satellite learned much astir the effort connected Trump’s life, Musk continued to station connected X. “The Carousel of destiny spins ever faster,” helium posted astatine 3:49 a.m. EST.

The carousel of destiny spins ever faster

— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) September 16, 2024

By 5 a.m., things had settled and helium was posting bland pronatalist content. “Wow, astir doubly arsenic galore radical died arsenic determination were babies calved successful Greece,” Musk said successful a post, retweeting a station from serial fabulist Mario Nawfal astir declining colonisation successful Europe.

Musk’s timeline had healed, but it was inactive rotten.