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Elon Musk,<\/strong> the richest person in the world and the world\u2019s biggest internet troll, posted and then deleted<\/a> a comment over the weekend in which he seemingly wondered about the lack of assassination attempts on Joe Biden<\/strong> and Kamala Harris,<\/strong> following what authorities said was a second assassination attempt on Donald Trump.<\/strong> Then he claimed he was merely joking, and insisted that the joke would have been extremely funny in context.<\/p>\n Musk was responding to a user on X who wrote, \u201cWhy they want to kill Donald Trump?\u201d The X owner, who has endorsed the ex-president, replied: \u201cAnd no one is even trying to assassinate Biden\/Kamala.\u201d His post included a thinking-face emoji.<\/p>\n Not surprisingly, the social media musing drew intense backlash. In a not-very-helpful pair of follow-ups on Monday, Musk wrote: \u201cWell, one lesson I\u2019ve learned is that just because I say something to a group and they laugh doesn\u2019t mean it\u2019s going to be all that hilarious as a post on X.\u201d In another, he said: \u201cTurns out that jokes are WAY less funny if people don\u2019t know the context and the delivery is plain text.\u201d<\/p>\n This content can also be viewed on the site it originates<\/a> from.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n This content can also be viewed on the site it originates<\/a> from.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n In reality, the \u201clesson\u201d Musk should have learned is that it\u2019s beyond the pale to seemingly suggest it\u2019s strange that no one has attempted to assassinate specific individuals, particularly given the reach of his account, which is followed by more than 197 million people. Aside from that, one wonders who made up the collection of people originally on the receiving end of Musk\u2019s \u201chilarious\u201d joke, and what context he thinks would have improved the reaction of your average X user.<\/p>\n In a statement, the White House called Musk\u2019s post \u201cirresponsible\u201d\u00a0and echoed remarks in which Biden and Harris said there is no room for political violence in the United States. \u201cViolence should only be condemned, never encouraged or joked about,\u201d spokesman Andrew Bates<\/strong> said.<\/p>\n Musk is, of course, no stranger to creepy, outrageous social media posts. Last week, after Taylor Swift<\/strong> endorsed Harris and signed her post \u201cChildless Cat Lady,\u201d the Tesla CEO wrote<\/a>: \u201cFine Taylor \u2026 you win \u2026 I will give you a child and guard your cats with my life.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\nX content<\/h4>\n
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