Speaking to podcast host Joe Rogan during a February 28, 2025 interview, Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) head Elon Musk commented to Joe Rogan on the allegations of stock trading amongst politicians like Nancy Pelosi and her husband Paul Pelosi, saying that if he were to expose the full extent of corruption, it to lead to him being killed.
Rogan broached the subject by commenting on the seeming fact that the way to get wealthy as a Washington, DC politician is to have a spouse who is very talented at “insider trading,” meaning buying, selling, and shorting stocks and options on them based on inside information known to members of Congress, a recurrent allegation about why the Pelosis are so wealthy. He said, “Have a spouse that’s really good at insider trading, like Paul Pelosi.”
Musk, responding, told Rogan that the politicians who have become so wealthy are doing far more than just insider trading of stocks. He said, mysteriously, “It’s a lot more than insider trading. The way they’re acquiring wealth.” Rogan, naturally, wanted to know more, and asked the obvious follow up question: “What other methods?”
But Mr. Musk wouldn’t tell him, saying that he has to survive being in DC and is worried that fully exposing the avenues of corruption would get him killed. He said, “I mean, this is really gonna get me assassinated. I’m not lengthening my lifespan by explaining this stuff to say the least. I mean I’m supposed to go back to DC, how long am I going to survive?”
Continuing, he said that if he pushes too hard on the corruption issue, he really does think those behind it will try to kill him. He said, “Those f*ckers are going to kill me for sure. I do actually have to be careful I don’t push too hard on the corruption stuff because it’s going to get me killed. I was actually thinking about that on the flight over here. If I push too hard on the corruption stuff…. People get desperate is the issue.”
Building on that, he explained why they are so desperate as to risk assassinating him, saying, “If the money flow cuts off, then they can’t afford school for their kids. Then they’re like, ‘f*ck you, I’m gonna kill you for my kids’.” He then added, “We attack the corruption enough to keep civilisation trucking along but if I fully destroy the corruption and the graft, they will kill me. I strive to be alive. But it’s a real concern.”
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Commenting on that shocking series of comments on X, the Wall Street Apes X account called on the FBI and DOJ to investigate, given how real this seems, saying, “I can’t understand how this one statement alone by Elon Musk wouldn’t immediately trigger DOJ and FBI investigations into Nancy Pelosi and Paul Pelosi.”
Also in the interview, Musk described the various assassination attempts he has faced, including before he entered the political arena. He said: “Before I supported Trump, there were two guys who travelled to Austin to kill me. One guy thought I put a chip in his head. They’re both guys with severe mental illness. It wasn’t like they had a ‘I disagree with him politically and that’s why he needs to die’ this was before I got smeared as some sort of Nazi. Before the propaganda wave.”
He continued, “The probability that any given homicidal maniac is gonna try to kill you is proportionate to how many times they hear your name, and they heard my name a lot. So I 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. I don’t know if they talked, but they’re both released on bail.”
He then noted, “The second guy had ‘chief serial killer’ on his X profile. It wasn’t subtle. At this point, I think I’m at the top of the list for a lot of suicidal maniacs. The more the MSM talks about you this way and says you’re a Nazi…they’re doing the same thing to me as they did to Trump. They’re making it sound like if you kill me, you’re a hero. What they’re doing is evil.”
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