An Elon Musk biographer has sounded the alarm that the world’s richest man may be losing his mind.
The Harvard Law-educated biographer Seth Abramson speculated Monday that Musk might be “going mad” in a setting for all to see—brought on by his growing stress, history of mental illness, and self-described heavy drug use.
“I legitimately believe Elon Musk may be going mad,” he posted to X. “I’m a Musk biographer who has been tracking his online behavior for the last two years—and given that he’s admitted to all of mental illness, heavy drug use, and crippling stress, it is now reasonable to fear he is deeply unwell.”
Abramson, 48, added that Musk’s mental state could have consequences worldwide.
“His private struggles would not be of general concern except they have dramatic public consequences,” he said. “His holdings across many civilization-essential industries and the fact that he’s the incoming POTUS mean that his madness and increasing incitement of violence endanger us all.”
The biographer’s “informed warning,” as he described it, comes after Musk went on a posting frenzy about British politics that has ruffled more than a few feathers across the pond. A tracking website says that Musk has averaged 62 posts daily for the last week.
It appears Musk’s relentless posting—and near-constant presence near Donald Trump—may also be annoying some in the MAGA world, including its leader.
It was reported shortly after the election that Musk had a “massive blow-up” with a Trump aide inside Mar-a-Lago regarding the leaking of Trump’s cabinet picks.
More recently, The New York Times journalist and “Trump whisperer” Maggie Haberman said on a podcast this weekend that “Trump does complain a bit to people about how Musk is around a lot.”
Trump hasn’t shared such a sentiment publicly. He has instead embraced Musk, 53, as his “First Buddy”—a title and relationship that conveniently came on the heels of the South Africa native pumping at least $250 million into his campaign.
Musk has reportedly been renting out the $2,000-per-night Banyan Cottage at Mar-a-Lago, from where he has been crashing the president-elect’s dinners with tech billionaires and has also sat in on personnel meetings.
From his new South Florida digs, Musk has also shown that he plans to flex his immense influence beyond U.S. politics. He endorsed the German far-right party Alternative for Germany ahead of the country’s snap election last month and has since diverted his Twitter fingers to trying to overthrow the current British government.
Abramson suggested the outgoing Biden Administration should use its final weeks in power to put in safeguards to protect against—or at least try to limit—Musk before Trump steps foot in the Oval Office.
This “urgent action,” he said, could include ending U.S. contracts with him, filing lawsuits to block his Department of Government Efficiency initiative, and launching federal probes into his dealings.
“If no action is taken—and I suspect no action will be taken—what this man in his burgeoning madness does to America as POTUS in the coming years will be on the heads of not just him and those who support or enable him but those who ignored urgent, informed warnings like this one,” Abramson concluded.
