Elon Musk’s biographer has claimed the billionaire is “going mad” and could “endanger us all” as concerns for his wellbeing grow.
The owner of X has been writing unhinged comments and reacting to posts on the social media platform, including criticising the UK government after it rejected a call for a public inquiry into the grooming scandal in the Oldham, reports the Mirror.
The Tesla CEO has also targeted Keir Starmer, who he falsely accussed of failing to bring what many term “rape gangs” to justice when he was the director of public prosecutions between 2008 and 2013. The scandals, Musk said Friday, represent a “massive crime against humanity.”
He has also recently endorsed Tommy Robinson – real name Stephen Yaxley-Lennon – who founded the far-right English Defense League and is serving an 18-month jail term for contempt of court.
Now, Musk’s biographer Seth Abramson believes the billionaire could be “going mad” as he manages Tesla, X, SpaceX while being part of Donald Trump’s transition team.
“I legitimately believe Elon Musk may be going mad. I’m a Musk biographer who has been tracking his online behavior for the last two years—and given that he’s admitted to all of mental illness, heavy drug use, and crippling stress, it is now reasonable to fear he is deeply unwell,” he wrote on Tuesday.
The biographer also believes Musk will attempt to run the US administration taking over Trump. Mr Abrahamson added: “His private struggles would not be of general concern except they have dramatic public consequences. His holdings across many civilization-essential industries and the fact that he’s the incoming POTUS mean that his madness and increasing incitement of violence endanger us all.”
It follows reports last year suggesting Musk suffered a mental breakdown after facing angry boos at Dave Chappelle’s San Franciso show in December 2022. The comic brought him on stage just two months after Musk purchased Twitter for $44billion when he was filmed being booed by a large part of the 18,000 audience.
According to author Ben Mezrich, who covered Musk’s acquisition of Twitter in his book “Breaking Twitter, the billionaire locked himself in his office following the incident.
“He got to a point where he locked himself in his office, was so upset that the Twitter employees were considering calling a wellness check by the San Francisco police because they thought he was going to self-harm himself,” Mezrich tikd CNBC. “I think he truly cares about his reputation, and he was shocked,” he added.
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