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Elon Musk reveals fear of being assassinated by 'desperate' people as he tries to 'uncover corruption'

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Published 17:54 3 Mar 2025 GMT

Elon Musk reveals fear of being assassinated by 'desperate' people as he tries to 'uncover corruption'

The Tesla CEO made the confession on a recent episode of The Joe Rogan Experience

Ella Scott

Ella Scott

Elon Musk has admitted his position with the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) may open up the possibility of assassination attempts due to people ‘hearing [his] name a lot’.

53-year-old Musk is currently heading up DOGE—a temporary organization established on the first day of President Donald Trump’s second term in office (January 20).

The initiative has been tasked with curbing federal spending, has promised to put a major dent in the United States’ national debt ($36.22 trillion), and plans to give money back to taxpayers.

In 42 days, DOGE has also canceled various federal contracts, dissolved agencies, and slashed independent research contracts at the Department of Education’s Institute of Education Sciences.

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Elon Musk has opened up about his fear of assassination (YouTube/The Joe Rogan Experience)
Elon Musk has opened up about his fear of assassination (YouTube/The Joe Rogan Experience)

Musk claims his purpose as DOGE’s ‘leader’ and Trump’s Senior Advisor is to ‘uncover corruption’ in the US.

He’s previously stated that he is also providing ‘maximum transparency’ to the organization’s ‘common sense’ approach to money-saving.

The Tesla CEO recently appeared on Joe Rogan’s titular podcast, where he admitted being involved in the US government is the ‘most absurd outcome’ he could have possibly imagined for his career.

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Towards the end of the three-hour chat, the billionaire was asked by Rogan whether he would crack down on insider trading and corruption in the capital.

“This is really going to get me assassinated. It's like I'm not lengthening my lifespan by explaining this stuff say the least,” he told Rogan.

“I was supposed to go back to DC. How am I going to survive?”

Musk admitted that he has to be ‘careful’ and to not ‘push too hard on the corruption stuff’ because he believes it is going to get him ‘killed’.

“People get desperate,” he stated before confessing two men had previously traveled to Austin with the intention of murdering him.

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“Two separate incidents. One thought I'd put a chip in his head.

“And, I mean, they're both basically two guys that just very much had severe mental illness… This is before the severe propaganda wave, the probability that any given homicidal maniac is going to try to kill you is proportionate to how many times they hear your name.

“And so they heard my name a lot. So I just got to the top of the list of two homicidal maniacs who were arrested, and both were in Travis County jail at the same time.”

Musk claimed that both the men had since been released and were tagged with electronic devices to monitor their locations.

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“And at this point, I think I'm at the top of the list for a lot of homicidal maniacs,” he added.

You can listen to the full interview with Elon Musk on The Joe Rogan Experience podcast now via YouTube.

Featured Image Credit: Kevin Lamarque - Pool/Getty Images

Topics: Celebrity, Elon Musk, Joe Rogan, Politics, Republicans, US News, Podcast

Ella Scott
Ella Scott

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