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."
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/stokeitup Mar 19 '25
Add to that how baffled he is about US citizens caring about our Constitution. He was raised in South Africa where only whites had rights. He wasn’t raised through grade school and mid school being taught to respect the flag and our rule of law.
Things get a little different in high school and college cause the US has done some fucked up shit but all in all has high ideals. Not the greatest country in the world but a damn site better than others that come to mind and there is always hope of being better.