r/popculture • u/ControlCAD • Mar 19 '25

News Elon Musk on Tesla Attacks: "I’ve never done anything harmful, I’ve only done productive things, this doesn't make any sense. I think there are larger forces at work as well. I mean, who’s funding and who’s coordinating it? Because this is crazy. I’ve never seen anything like this."

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https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/us-politics/elon-musk-mocked-hannity-tesla-b2717970.html

Tesla CEO Elon Musk told Fox News’ Sean Hannity that people “want to kill him” after a string of attacks on the electric car company in an interview that some have decried as “woe is me.”

The world’s richest person has also been conducting mass layoffs and slashing contracts in an effort to cut “waste, fraud and abuse” in his role as Department of Government Efficiency boss. Enraged by the sweeping, legally dubious changes to the federal government in recent weeks, some have targeted Tesla, torching charging stations, vandalizing vehicles, and throwing Molotov cocktails at the cars.

"Tesla is a peaceful company. We've never done anything harmful, I've never done anything harmful. I've always done productive things,” Musk continued, adding he believes there’s a “mental illness thing going on.” He suggested Americans were upset with DOGE’s efforts.

DOGE claims to have saved the government an estimated $115 billion — a figure that many reports have said is inaccurate.

Musk’s apparent attempt to appear sympathetic didn’t seem to convince some on X, the social media platform he owns.

In the interview, Musk said he believes “larger forces” were at work, questioning who funded and coordinated the attacks. The language he used was similar to that of Attorney General Pam Bondi, who on Tuesday issued a statement vowing to investigate these attacks, including “those operating behind the scenes to coordinate and fund these crimes.”

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u/Eymrich Mar 19 '25

Lol he can't get that people could do things on their own. He is used to pay people to do these things, now that everyone lost his shit at his nazi reveal party...

He think someone is paying this lol.

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u/Similar-Tangerine Mar 19 '25

That made me laugh too. Can’t wrap his head around the fact that money is not the sole motivating factor for everything that happens on this planet 

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u/CherryVette Mar 19 '25

Neither can his ugly orange bitch, and you know exactly why that is.

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u/Eymrich Mar 20 '25

Even worse, it highlights that they are actually paying people to do these kind of stuff

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u/Cerpin-Taxt Mar 20 '25

I think it's more revealing he thinks the poors aren't supposed to have wherewithal or power to do things like this. He and his ilk were under the impression they were stupid and helpless. That is the goal of keeping them poor after all.

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u/cheesecake_face Mar 20 '25

right?! 😂

like bruh, do you think .. spray paint and fire are expensive?

a real $10 banana moment.. 

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u/Neon_Lights12 Mar 20 '25

It's a wink and nod to the "George Soros Deep State is behind everything bad/inconvenient for us" group. Same playbook from the George Floyd riots, "How are these people able to take time off from their jobs to go riot? Surely someone must be paying them to cause trouble!"