Published 21:08 IST, December 10th 2023

Hunter Biden calls Elon Musk 'dumbest smart person', accuses him of spreading misinformation

The disgraced son of US President Joe Biden, Hunter Biden, unleashed attacks against Tesla CEO Elon Musk, accusing him of being indifferent to free speech.

Reported by: Bhagyasree Sengupta
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Tesla CEO Elon Musk and Hunter Biden, son of US President Joe Biden | Image: AP
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disgraced son of US Joe Biden, Hunter Biden, unleashed a lethal attack against Tesla CEO Elon Musk, accusing him of being indifferent to free speech. Calling him “dumbest smart person”, Hunter accused Musk of enabling spre of misinformation about him. While reacting to plethora of legal cases hurled against him, Hunter described Musk as a “very damaged human being”.

remarks from American political scion came during his 80-minute interview with musician-turned-podcaster Moby, which was aired on Friday. In his scathing attack, Hunter insisted that Musk ‘does not care’ about First Amendment. “Elon Musk doesn’t care about goddamn First Amendment. He doesn't care about anybody but himself,” Hunter told podcast host. “Elon Musk doesn’t care about democracy, Elon Musk doesn’t care about our freedom to vote,” he ded. Hunter went on to describe United States as an ‘opted country’ to Musk. “Is re any time that you ever saw anything from him that has any rational defence of democracy, of what we’ve created here as Americans, of his opted country, this incredible experiment that we’ve engaged in here?” he questioned. son of US President Joe Biden is currently facing two separate criminal indictments from  David Weiss, a special counsel appointed in August to investigate his business dealings. In September this year, Hunter pleed not guilty to a three-count federal indictment in a firearm case in Delaware.

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Elon Musk responds

Responding to Hunter’s assertion on X, formally known as Twitter, Musk rejected Hunter’s claims and mocked him for video recording all his crimes. “Exactly what ‘misinformation’ is he talking about?” Musk asked on X. “ dude me so many videos of himself doing crime that he should get an award for cinematography!” he remarked. According to Vanity Fair, Hunter met Moby while y were both in diction recovery. Moby even attended a 2021 art show hosted by Hunter.

Hunter accuses Republicans of ‘trying to kill him’

In same interview, Hunter said that Republicans and ir allies in media are trying to ‘kill him’. Hunter alluded that ‘right-wing circles’ are trying to harm presidency of his far, by trying to “demonise” him. “What y’re trying to do is y’re trying to kill me, knowing that it will be a pain greater than my far could be able to handle, and so, refore, destroying a presidency in that way,” Hunter Biden said in an interview with musician. Hunter lambasted Republican leers like Marjorie Taylor Greene and insisted that he ‘feels sorry’ for some ‘antagonists’ who are currently sitting in US Congress. “I realized that it’s not about me. And n second thing that I realized is that se people are just s, very, very sick people that have most likely just faced traumas in ir lives,” he averred. “y’ve decided that y are going to turn into an evil that y decide that y’re going to inflict on rest of world,” Hunter ded. US President’s son’s aggression towards Greene remained persistent after she displayed his explicit image at US Congress. 

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21:08 IST, December 10th 2023