Elon Musk claims his risk of his assassination is 'quite significant' trends now
SpaceX founder and newly minted Twitter owner Elon Musk has claimed the risk of his assassination is 'quite significant.'
The claim came during a two-hour Twitter Spaces chat over the weekend, during which the richest man on earth said he would definitely not 'be doing any open-air car parades, let me put it that way.'
'Frankly the risk of something bad happening to me, or even literally being shot, is quite significant,' he added.
'It’s not that hard to kill somebody if you wanted to, so hopefully they don’t, and fate smiles upon the situation with me and it does not happen … There’s definitely some risk there.'
Musk has signaled that his takeover of Twitter will usher in a new era for the social media platform, during which political voices will not be silenced and free speech will be the highest priority
Musk recently revealed that he has given two journalists unfettered access to the complete treasure trove of Twitter's internal corporate communications that will allow the public to better understand how the company operated during its most controversial moments
In the first Twitter Files release from journalist Matt Taibbi, readers gain insight into how Twitter content moderation leadership came to the muddled decision to censor the New York Post's Hunter Biden laptop story
Musk's comments came after Friday evening's inaugural installment of what has been dubbed the Twitter Files - an unfettered inside look into corporate communications at Twitter over the last handful of years, including during some of the company's most controversial moments.
Musk granted journalists Matt Taibbi and Bari Weiss full access to the delicate subject matter, which he said ultimately 'might make sense to have...publicly available so that anyone can look at them.'
But for now, it is up to the chosen news professionals to analyze and release choice parts from the treasure trove.
Kicking things off Friday evening, Taibbi published a thread that provided insight into the suppression of the infamous Hunter Biden laptop story that the New York Post first published in October 2020, just before the last
