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Sean O’Grady: Elon Musk, just like Donald Trump, is a rich, obnoxious and inexplicably naive bully

If you’ve got better things to do with your time than muck around on social media (anyone?) then you might have missed this rare glimpse of self-awareness on the part of Elon Musk, posted on X, better known as Twitter: “Well, one lesson I’ve learned is that just because I say something to a group and they laugh doesn’t mean it’s going to be all that hilarious as a post on X”.

Elon Musk. Pic: Britta Pedersen-Pool/Getty Images If you’ve got better things to do with your time than muck around on social media (anyone?) then you might have missed this rare glimpse of self-awareness on the part of Elon Musk, posted on X, better known as Twitter: “Well, one lesson I’ve learned is that just because I say something to a group and they laugh doesn’t mean it’s going to be all that hilarious as a post on X”. The tweet referred to an earlier one he’d posted, a quote tweet in response to a favourite of his, @DogeDesigner — “Why they want to kill Donald Trump?” Join the Irish Independent WhatsApp channel Stay up to date with all the latest news.