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Elon Musk

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Elon Musk is the CEO of SpaceX and Tesla.

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"Musk has earned almost 60,000 dollars – or just over half a million kronor – per minute since founding his first company 31 years ago."
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"Humanoid robots will push Tesla’s market value to $25 trillion."
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"the $4,000 mark was a good level for support, and we can see some fresh interest in buying gold."
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""It’s private property.""
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"Going public provides access to the capital that SpaceX needs."
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"At the end of the day Musk is SpaceX and SpaceX is Musk."
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"Not just a few astronauts, I mean literally you."
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"It is certainly hard to believe that a little company that started in a warehouse in El Segundo is now going public with the largest IPO ever."
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"I'm confident at this point that with the incredible team that we have here at SpaceX, that we will do that for you."
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"less than a 10% chance of succeeding at all"
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"I love the incredible people of SpaceX beyond words."
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"take the fiction out of science fiction."
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"I love the incredible people of SpaceX beyond words."
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"less than '0.1%' of his net worth was held in cash."
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"you literally have no power. you are along for the ride. this is not a democracy, this is a dictatorship with a ticker symbol."
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""Like all things Musk, SpaceX’s IPO bucked the norms""
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"Musk has shattered global financial history as the world’s first trillionaire."
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"SpaceX wants to be able to take you to the Moon, take you to Mars, and ultimately beyond."
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"Yes, on paper. After SpaceX's stock closed up about 19% on its first trading day, Musk's net worth rose to roughly $1.1 trillion, making him the first person ever valued above $1 trillion."
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"It is certainly hard to believe that little company that started in a warehouse in El Segundo is now going public with the largest IPO ever."
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"It’s kinda awesome though."
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"It is certainly hard to believe that a little company that started in a warehouse in El Segundo is now going public with the largest IPO ever."
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"Musk told employees will be spent funding a 'significant growth phase'."
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"I love the incredible people of SpaceX beyond words."
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"encourages members of the investment community, the media, and others to follow"
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"legal action is being taken against ZDF for their outrageous lies."
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"Only by protesting REPEATEDLY and LOUDLY will there be any change!!"
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"murderous migrants targeting innocent people in their home town that was making people angry, not 'social media'!"
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"Ein britischer Rechtsextremist und Tech-Milliardär Elon Musk."
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"Die Formulierung ist unpräzise und deshalb missverständlich."
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"Gegen das ZDF werden rechtliche Schritte wegen ihrer skandalösen Lügen eingeleitet."
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"ungeheuerlichen Lügen"
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"money that Elon Musk says is essential to fulfill the company’s plans to build bases on the Moon, put data centres into orbit and send human beings to Mars."
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"Tesla refers to its automated driving technology as 'full self-driving (assisted)'."
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"For a stock like SpaceX, a lot of decision making might have been emotional and based on the anticipation of huge leaps forward in space exploration and utilisation, but investing should be something treated with clear eyes and patience, even when such huge numbers are involved."
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"This makes no sense."
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"Sheinbaum was just saying what her cartel bosses tell her to say."
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"Musk denies WSJ report that SpaceX showed AI handset prototype before IPO."
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"Anthropic hates Western Civilization."
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"People tend to read too much into things that I do."
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"If this was a trial on whether I've made stupid tweets, I'd say I'm guilty."
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"I got screwed."
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"I may have."
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"People tend to read too much into things that I do."
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"If this was a trial on whether I've made stupid tweets, I'd say I'm guilty."
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"people read too much into his posts"
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"Yes, you can have my damn cookie! should be a browser setting."
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"People tend to read too much into things that I do."
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"If this was a trial on whether I’ve made stupid tweets, I’d say I’m guilty."
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"I was pretty upset with the Twitter board because I thought they had engaged in fraud."
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"people read too much into his posts"
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July 8, 2026

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July 8, 2026

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July 6, 2026

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July 1, 2026

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June 26, 2026

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June 25, 2026

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June 24, 2026

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June 24, 2026

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June 23, 2026

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June 17, 2026

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June 16, 2026

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June 16, 2026

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June 15, 2026

SpaceX to release results on website, X only, bypassing wire services - Reuters

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June 15, 2026

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June 15, 2026

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June 13, 2026

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June 12, 2026

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June 8, 2026

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June 7, 2026

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March 7, 2026

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Pentagon taps former DOGE official to lead its AI efforts Reuters

March 6, 2026

Musk tells jury 'people read too much' into his posts

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March 5, 2026

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Mexico weighs legal action after Musk links president to drug cartels - Reuters

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Mexico president says there are 'all guarantees' for 2026 World Cup Reuters

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