The strangest facts about Elon Musk that you may not know!
America has spoken and season 2 of Donald Trump's Presidency is underway. His cabinet is taking shape, with Trump announcing that Elon Musk and former GOP presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy will lead a new "Department of Government Efficiency." Yes, that means 'DOGE' if we take the initials of each word, referring to Musk's favorite cryptocurrency, dogecoin.
Trump said in a statement that Musk and Ramaswamy "will pave the way for my administration to dismantle government bureaucracy, cut excessive regulations, cut wasteful spending and restructure Federal Agencies." It seems unlikely that this would be a suitable cabinet position for Musk, as he would have to divest all of his business interests, such as Tesla and X - something Musk is unlikely to do. Regardless, it's a sign that Musk will have an essential role in Trump's presidency.
It's not surprising, considering how the tech billionaire has completely aligned himself with Trump and his hateful rhetoric, becoming one of the incoming president's closest allies. He's donated at least $130 million to him and Republicans, he's let Trump back to X, and he's made regular appearances at his rallies.
Musk has even spent time since the election with Trump at his Florida estate, Mar-a-Lago, even holding talks with world leaders, including one with President Zelenskyy. As he digs himself in like the attention-hungry tick that he is, it's clear to see that Musk will be a key player in terms of influence.
He likes science fiction and being on screen
He's a huge fan of the X-Men series, naming his Tesla assembly robots after X-Men characters including Xavier, Wolverine and Cyclops and loves seeing his face on the big and small screens. Another thing he and Trump have in common. Portraying Robert Downey Jr. of Tony Stark in the "Iron Man" movies was apparently partially inspired by Elon Musk. Therefore, Musk made a brief (and scary) appearance in Iron Man 2.
He has also appeared as himself in films such as the action film Machete Kills and sitcoms such as The Big Bang Theory and Young Sheldon. Additionally, he has voiced in animated shows such as The Simpsons, South Park and Rick and Morty in which he voiced a character named Elon Tusk.
He owns James Bond's car
Well, at least one of them. In 2013, he hijacked the Lotus Esprit car driven by James Bond in The Spy Who Loved Me you know, the one that goes off the pier and turns into a submarine. It makes sense, as Musk's critics have compared him to a real-life James Bond villain.
He is a fan of D&D and FPS
Musk is a fan of the tabletop role-playing game Dungeons and Dragons. His cousin, Peter Rive, told Elon Musk biographer Walter Isaacson that "even as a child, Elon had a variety of different behaviors and moods," but said his personality changed for the better while playing D&D.
He is obsessed with the letter X
This dates back to when he tried to name his second company X.com, which became PayPal. He finally got his way when he launched the Model X, one of the earliest models from electric car company Tesla, founded SpaceX (even if the 'X' moved to a suffix), released his own intelligence app artificial xAI and renamed Twitter as X .
He has released his perfume
With a name like that, it was only a matter of time... However, no one expected Musk to name his fragrance "Burnt Hair". And it was his call to give it exactly that smell. He announced the launch of Burnt Hair in October 2022, describing it as "the best fragrance on Earth". Bottles retail for $100 and are completely sold out. It reportedly made Musk more than $1 million in just a few hours.
His sister directed erotic films
Tosca Musk is the CEO of a company called Passionflix, which adapts romance novels and erotic fantasy for the screen. He even directs some of the films himself. The online service, which was launched in 2017, allows its customers to browse a variety of content that is ranked on a "badness barometer".
He gave birth to 11 children
Musk has had 11 children, six with his ex-wife Justine Wilson; three with musician Grimes; and two with Neuralink director of operations Shivon Zilis. Tragically, his firstborn son, Nevada, died of sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) at just 10 weeks old.
He pledged to donate $6 billion to solve world hunger... and never did
Musk publicly offered to donate $6 billion to the UN World Food Program, but it never materialized. Indeed, he once responded to a photo of a CNN headline that read: “2% of Elon Musk's fortune could help solve world hunger, says UN food shortage director” . Musk tweeted that if they can "describe in this twitter thread how $6 billion will solve world hunger, I'll sell Tesla stock right now and do it."
Former UN World Food Program executive director David Beasley called his bluff outlining how the organization would use the money... and Musk never responded. Instead, less than a year later, it bought Twitter for $44 billion. It doesn't exactly make you hope for the common good, the goodness of humanity or Musk's priorities in life...
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