New Delhi: Elon Musk has a knack for courting controversies with comments and posts on social media that often seem to be designed to attract public attention.
Now, Seth Abramson, a biographer of Musk, has questioned the mental health and decision-making capabilities of the Tesla and SpaceX CEO.
Abramson went a step further to say that influence and actions of Musk — who will be heading the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) under the Donald Trump administration — could have dangerous implications for the United States.
Ironically, Abramson wrote in a series of posts on the Musk-owned platform X that the tech billionaire may be “going mad” and called for immediate government intervention.
Claiming to have closely followed Musk’s behaviour for two years, Abramson pointed out the billionaire’s acknowledged struggles with mental health, drug use and stress.
“I’m a Musk biographer who has been tracking his online behaviour for the last two years — and given that he’s admitted to all of mental illness, heavy drug use, and crippling stress, it is now reasonable to fear he is deeply unwell. Protect America from Elon Musk,” Abramson wrote.
The biographer referred to Musk’s prominent role in several critical sectors, including aerospace, electric vehicles, social media, and artificial intelligence, as well as his appointment as DOGE co-head with Vivek Ramaswamy in the next US government which will take charge on January 20.
Abramson feared that Musk’s presence and position in the Trump government could jeopardise national stability.
“His holdings across many civilization-essential industries and the fact that he’s the incoming POTUS mean that his madness and increasing incitement of violence endanger us all,” Abramson feared.
The biographer urged the outgoing Joe Biden administration to take action during its final days in office, including terminating government contracts with Musk, filing lawsuits against what he described as unconstitutional initiatives under DOGE.
“For 14 days more, the administration is in a position to take urgent action to protect America from Elon Musk,” Abramson wrote.
The serious warnings by Abramson divided netizens.
Some X users echoed Abramson’s concerns and criticised Musk’s erratic behaviour, while others defended the tech billionaire’s vision.
One person described Musk as a “thin-skinned, drug-addled Bond villain.”
Another user said Musk sees himself as a guardian of Western culture.
This is not the first time that Musk’s mental health has come under scrutiny.
Last year, reports emerged of a mental breakdown after being publicly booed at a show in San Francisco shortly after he acquired Twitter for $44 billion.
