Elon Musk sent Twitter into a frenzy over the weekend with a rather cryptic tweet suggesting he might die of “mysterious circumstances.”
The message was posted to the Tesla CEO – and soon-to-be Twitter CEO’s – social media account, just before 9 p.m. Sunday night.
“If I die under mysterious circumstances, it’s been nice knowin’ ya,” he wrote.
Maye Musk, Elon’s mother, responded to her son’s tweet by saying, “That’s not funny.”
“Sorry!” he replied. “I will do my best to stay alive.”
If I die under mysterious circumstances, it’s been nice knowin ya
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) May 9, 2022
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Elon Musk Suggests He Might Die
Numerous followers responded to Elon Musk’s tweet suggesting he might die under “mysterious circumstances” with a bevy of jokes taking aim at Hillary Clinton.
“Wait … What do you know about Hillary Clinton??” comedian Tim Young immediately replied.
Digital strategist Greg Price chimed in with a very similar comment: “Do you have dirt on the Clintons?”
Wait… What do you know about Hillary Clinton??
— Tim Young (@TimRunsHisMouth) May 9, 2022
Several responses involved the phrase ‘Elon didn’t hang himself,’ a reference to the mysterious death of sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein.
Musk’s tweet, however, doesn’t involve any references to the Clintons or Epstein. It is instead a joking message following news that the head of Russia’s space agency threatened him over his attempts to provide Ukraine with internet service during the ongoing invasion.
Sorry! I will do my best to stay alive.
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) May 9, 2022
Musk Threatened By Russia
Indeed, Musk’s cryptic tweet has nothing to do with the Clintons and everything to do with information provided by Dmitry Rogozin, the head of the Russian space agency Roscosmos.
Rogozin accused Musk of providing Starlink satellite equipment to a “Nazi” Batallion of the Ukrainian military – the reference being the Azov Battalion, an infamous neo-Nazi military organization in Ukraine that uses the Waffen-SS Wolfsangel symbol.
“Elon Musk is thus involved with supplying the fascist forces in Ukraine with military communications,” Rogozin said. “And for this you will have to answer in an adult way, Elon, no matter how much you’ll play the fool.”
Elon Musk posted the statement to his Twitter account shortly before his tweet suggesting he might die.
The word “Nazi” doesn’t mean what he seems to think it does pic.twitter.com/pk9SQhBOsG
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) May 9, 2022
Musk, prior to becoming a vessel for white supremacy in the view of feeble-minded anti-free speech liberals, was widely heralded as a hero for providing Starlink internet services to Ukraine.
“Starlink service is now active in Ukraine. More terminals en route,” he tweeted in late February, celebrating an effort to keep the country’s communication systems online.
“For war-torn Ukraine, Starlink has become an information lifeline, keeping battered hospitals connected and serving as a link to drones targeting artillery strikes against Russian forces,” reported Foreign Policy.
Elon Musk is a real life superhero. ?? https://t.co/XgFe7eOfsL
— Andrew Gazdecki (@agazdecki) February 26, 2022
While Russia is accusing him of supporting Nazis, the liberal media here in America are suggesting he will hand Twitter over to far-right, “pro-neo Nazi” ranks.
NBC’s @mehdirhasan on @elonmusk: “If [the “neo-Nazi faction” of the GOP expands in Nov.], we may look back on this .. as a pivotal moment, when a petulant & not-so-bright billionaire casually bought one of the most influential messaging machines & just handed it to the far-right” pic.twitter.com/bIpiIlFlwR
— Tom Elliott (@tomselliott) May 2, 2022
Whodathunk? All these years casting everything as ‘Russia Russia Russia’ led us to this moment where prominent media members are actually in lockstep with Russia in their messaging.
NBC basically saying Republicans are Nazis …
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) May 2, 2022
And while the mainstream media no longer views him as such, Fox News host Pete Hegseth suggests his takeover of Twitter as a free-speech absolutist still makes him a real-life superhero.
Musk buying Twitter “might just level the playing field,” Hegseth said, “and that’s all we’re asking for.”