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Hours after the FBI arrested a man who was carrying an AK-47 outside of Mar-a-Lago, Elon Musk posted something on X he would later come to regret. “And no one is even trying to assassinate Biden/ Kamala 🤔,” Musk said in a now-deleted post.

Musk initially refused to delete a tweet musing about the lack of assassination attempts on Biden or Harris. He later removed it and said it was a joke, but stopped short of apologizing.

Musk’s now-deleted post questioning why no one has attempted to assassinate Joe Biden and Kamala Harris renews concerns over his work for the US government—and potential to inspire extremist violence.

And no one is even trying to assassinate Biden/Kamala,” Musk posted. Later, he tweeted: “Turns out that jokes are WAY less funny if people don’t know the context and the delivery is plain text. ... Well,

All three posts sparked quick backlash from public officials who called Musk’s words irresponsible and misleading. As his words amass millions of views and thousands of shares,

It says a lot about the state of U.S. politics that Elon Musk, a powerful supporter of Donald Trump and owner of the X platform, used that same platform to joke about the killing of the American president and vice president.