Elon Musk has gained a concerning level of power over US national security | Robert Reich

With SpaceX, Starlink and X, Musk has more foreign policy sway than probably any unelected person in US history

Shortly after the apparent second assassination attempt against Donald Trump, Elon Musk wrote in a now deleted post on X, formerly known as Twitter: And no one is even trying to assassinate Biden/Kamala," with an emoji of a person thinking.

Musk later said his post was intended as a joke. But it could be interpreted as a call to murder Joe Biden and Kamala Harris - at least by one of Musk's almost 200 million followers - which is presumably why the Secret Service is investigating it.