Forget how morally wrong it is to joke like that in private, to then think that THE ENTIRE WORLD would find it funny and it would not incite additional violence - especially in this climate? This dude also offered to impregnate Taylor Swift a few days ago. We can't keep venerating this guy.
He is either in desperate need of intervention/mental health assistance, or a clear and present danger to democracy - or probably both.
I admire some of his achievements, but he isn't Tony Stark. Stark found his conscience.
Here's my point: at least with characters like Musk and Trump you know where you stand. Zuck recently only admitted to the shady actions during the last election cycle, Jack was proven to have been shadow-banning when Elon took over.
IMO none of them are exemplars of character and righteousness, one group is just much more covert about it than the other.
It's death by a thousand cuts.
Nobody believes it's a question, any more than we believe that Henry II was merely inquiring why no one would rid him of that turbulent priest.
It likely doesn't rise to the level of a criminal act. But it's the kind of thing that earns one a stern talking to from the Secret Service. And if somebody actually does take him up on it, there may yet be charges.