ELON Musk has not stopped using Twitter since announcing he would back away from buying the platform and he’s startled fans with a mysterious post about making enemies.
Musk is the sixth most followed person on the bird with over 100million followers.
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“Much harder to make friends than enemies. My skill at the latter is improving,” Musk posted on Wednesday night.
The world’s richest man put a target on his own back when he made an unsolicited $44billion dollar bid for Twitter and backing out of the deal has earned him a lawsuit, not praise.
Musk also amped up the aggressiveness of his criticisms of the media when the Wall Street Journal alleged he had an affair with the wife of Google co-founder Sergey Brin.
Musk forcefully denies the affair and went after the journalist who ran the story in a series of taunting Twitter posts.
Musk’s private life and opinions have also come under scrutiny over the previous few months.
He has been accused of exposing himself to a flight attendant at his aerospace company SpaceX – he has denied the allegations.
Musk has played socially conservative tunes and he announced he would vote Republican earlier this year.
His public shift rightward has earned the ire of many Twitter users and the hacking network Anonymous.
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Within his family, his transitioning daughter declared she no longer wishes “to be related to my biological father in any way, shape or form” in papers requesting a name change.
On social media, Musk tried to stamp out a Twitter account that posts his private jet’s location by citing security risks, but lost in the court of public opinion when he wouldn’t give the 19-year-old running the account a Tesla in exchange.
As for potential high-risk enemies, Musk told biographer Ashlee Vance that his family “fears the Russians will assassinate” him.
The same book reveals he had a difficult and unfriendly meeting in Russia when he was considering buying a missile that could be refitted for space travel during the early days of SpaceX.
Musk’s late-night post about enemies goes against his earlier promise to “be heads down” after garnering loads of attention this year.
Given his wealth and long-term business intentions, Musk will likely be making friends and foes while drenched in spotlight for years to come.
