X owner Elon Musk's controversial comments turn off advertisers, but that may not matter to the richest man in the world.

A historically Black community in Memphis, already burdened by pollution, fears xAI will worsen environmental threats.

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.

There's a line about doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results. It's pretty appropriate for the world's richest man.

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.