Elon Musk, head of the Office of Government Efficiency (Doge), spoke to podcast host Joe Rogan on Friday about the portrayal of mainstream media that he may incite violence against him.
Musk at his first cabinet meeting under President Donald Trump It has been reported Amid criticism of his leadership at Doge, he has been actively cutting federal spending after many death threats. “Joe Rogan’s experienceMusk, as he said, criticised the media and labeled him with extremist language, claiming that it could potentially motivate violence.
“At this point, I think I’m at the top of my list for a lot of murder enthusiasts,” Musk said. “They’re doing the same thing they did to me Trump, meaning they think you’re a hero if you killed me.”
Musk called these actions “evil,” adding that media distortions are not only personal attacks, but also dangerous manipulations of public opinion. Musk recalls his changing public persona and says that there is irony in the transformation of a well-known innovator to a villain in the eyes of the media. (Related: Elon Musk tells Joe Rogan why he thinks the “Democrat propaganda machine” is “destroyed”)
“I’m the same person I was a year ago. Nothing really has changed. Just like I didn’t suddenly become a completely different person. But when I read something like legacy mainstream media, their propaganda flow is that I’m a completely different person,” Musk said. “But I wasn’t like a brain transplant in a year. And like two years ago, I was like the hero on the left. So, how do I go from a hero to a villain suddenly at age 53?”
Corporate media previously denounced musk for wielding chainsaws exterior A gesture symbolizing bureaucratic dismantling at a conservative political action meeting. They also linked him to a massive layoff during the Trump administration, which aimed to eliminate wasted government spending through doges.
Since taking office on January 20th, Doge has cited efforts to end more than 200,000 federal jobs across multiple agencies and reduce waste. The major cuts include 120-150 probation employees from the Internal Revenue Service in Denver, Colorado, and about 300 from the Federal Aviation Agency, in accordance with directives from the Trump administration.
Meanwhile, the private sector saw an astonishing 16.4 million Layoff He was discharged from the hospital in 2024 alone. This contrast highlights the stability traditionally related to government employment, peaking with 23.5 million local, state and federal workers under former President Joe Biden.
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