Elon Musk responds after lip reader claims he asked ‘terrorist’ question at White House
Elon Musk has come out with a response after it was claimed he spoke about terrorism in regard to a Prince.
The SpaceX entrepreneur has been to many fancy events since he began his on-again-off-again friendship with Donald Trump.
His alleged blunder is said to have occurred at a high-profile political event.
According to a lip reader used by the Mail Online, Musk apparently made a ‘terrorist’ comment during Trump’s banquet in honour of Saudi Prince Mohammed bin Salman on 19 November.
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Among the claim, he also received backlash about his 2025 CEO performance award so that he could gain a 25 per cent stake in Tesla.
This would essentially make him a trillionaire - a very, very rich man indeed.
However, that can only happen if he meets all of the performance award’s targets.
So, when social media commenters claimed Musk would be getting paid the 1 trillion even if he doesn’t meet the targets, he unleashed his truth on X.
When the More Perfect Union channel wrote a claim, Musk responded to set the record straight.
The tweet from the Union read: “Elon Musk is set to make more than every U.S. elementary school teacher combined, according to the Washington Post.”
Musk then claimed he had not received his 2025 performance money yet, and that if anyone thinks he’ll get the trillion dollars without hitting his marks, they should invest in the TSLA stock to grow his company so he can be awarded for its performance.
Then came the ultimate backlash from Musk after the Daily Mail’s lip reader, Nicola Hickling, claimed Musk asked if Saudi Prince Mohammed bin Salman was a ‘terrorist’ at Trump’s banquet.
The report alleges that he asked Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla: “What is your opinion, is he a terrorist?”
It also showed a video without audio, and subtitles underneath alleging the comment.
Musk debunked the video and translation from the lip reader, explaining that he was actually talking about cancer drugs as Pfizer works in pharmaceuticals and develops cancer treatment medication.
“False, I was asking about upcoming cancer drugs,” Musk wrote in a response on X.
As for what people think of it online, they had mixed reactions but mainly, people were on his side.
One person advised him: “That's so easy to refute, don't worry. Maybe from now on you'll have to do what soccer players do, putting their hands over their mouths when they talk so no one can guess their moves.”
Another said: “APPEARS to make explosive remark but doesn’t lol.”
Someone else wrote: “He wasnt talking to them so they have no idea what he was even saying or what the conversation is about. People need to get a grip.”
Tyla reached out to the representatives of Elon Musk and Nicola Hickling for comment.
Topics: Donald Trump, Elon Musk, Politics, Social Media, Twitter, World News
Britt Jones