Elon Musk defended his decisions on Twitter on Tuesday, explaining that he will soon be spending more time with Tesla, a company he has promised fully autonomous cars for next year.
"I say what I want to say and if I lose money as a result, that's it," Musk said in a live interview with CNBC after Tesla's general meeting. It was his response to the presenter David Faber's question about a tweet as provocative and virulent as the one he dedicated to the Jewish investor and philanthropist George Soros, whom he accused of "hating humanity."
The billionaire also defended the massive layoffs, necessary according to him to "achieve balance", and his ban on teleworking. A norm that he justifies in the name of productivity but also of "morality".
"They want everyone to go to work, the factory worker, the restaurant chef to bring them food, but they don't! It's nonsense!" he exclaimed, before stating that he himself only takes 2 or 3 days of work. vacation per year. Elon Musk recently named Linda Yaccarino CEO of Twitter.
The directive will have to attract advertisers back to the social network and manage the delicate balance between the absolute freedom of expression defended by Elon Musk and numerous political and commercial limitations.
An example of that freedom of expression are Musk's own words about Soros. The investor's Management Fund had a package of $16 million in Tesla shares, which he bought last year, and disposed of them last Friday, according to the fund's own documentation released Tuesday.
Without mentioning that sale, Musk tweeted today that Soros (92) reminded him of Magneto, a Marvel superhero, without the comparison being clear at first, until a user who was chatting with Musk alluded to the alleged past of Magneto as a Holocaust survivor, like Soros himself.
Musk then responded: "You are assuming that (Soros's) are good intentions. Well, they are not. He wants to undermine the fabric of civilization. Soros hates Humanity," he wrote. The investor of Hungarian origin and sympathizer of social democracy has become the black beast of the hardest American right, and is usually one of the favorite targets of Donald Trump, who accuses him of having bought a good part of the news media. communication.
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