Elon Musk loves to stir up hate. He’s more dangerous than you think
As his words amass millions of views and thousands of shares, they also illustrate the ability of one of the world’s most influential people to spread fear, hate and misinformation during fraught times.
Hours after an apparent attempt on Donald Trump’s life over the weekend, Elon Musk took to his social platform X to post a thinking emoji and a comment that “no one is even trying to assassinate” the Democratic president and vice president.
In the midst of anti-Muslim riots in the UK – which were ginned up by a false rumour – Musk declared that “civil war is inevitable” in the country.
