Redeem now - Errol Musk told The U.S. Sun about his fears that Elon Musk could be assassinated.
- He criticized a recent article in The New Yorker as "a hit job."
- Elon Musk has previously spoken about his security concerns, such as his private jet being tracked.
Elon Musk's father told The U.S. Sun he feared his billionaire son could be assassinated.
The 77-year-old Errol Musk criticized a recent article in The New Yorker that explored the world's richest person's influence on government decisions about the war in Ukraine.
This story is available exclusively to Business Insider subscribers. Become an Insider and start reading now. Have an account? Log in.Pentagon officials told The New Yorker that Elon Musk was treated like an "unelected official" and raised concerns about his attitude toward Vladimir Putin. The report also highlighted how crucial SpaceX's Starlink satellites had been in the war in Ukraine.
"It's a hit job, a shadow government-sponsored opening salvo on Elon," the elder Musk told The U.S. Sun.
And when The U.S. Sun reporter asked whether he feared the "shadow government" could assassinate his son, he replied, "Yes."
The SpaceX CEO appears to have a strained relationship with his father and has previously called him a "terrible human being."
Errol Musk also described the New Yorker article to The U.S. Sun as "the artillery-like softening up of the enemy before the actual attack."
In May of last year, the billionaire appeared to joke that he could "die under mysterious circumstances" following an argument with Russia's space chief over SpaceX giving Starlink terminals to Ukrainian soldiers.
An X engineer previously told the BBC that two bodyguards had followed Elon Musk around the company headquarters, including to the bathroom. A lawsuit filed in May said he'd also requested a bathroom to be built next to his X office so he wouldn't have to wake up his security in the middle of the night.
But Elon Musk's own security concerns were most apparent during the controversy over his private jet being tracked last December. Journalists who shared links to the @ElonJet account on X, formerly known as Twitter, were temporarily barred, and Musk accused them of wanting to harm him.
That was after Elon Musk said a car carrying his son had been followed by a "crazy stalker (thinking it was me)."
Musk did not immediately reply to a request for comment from Insider, sent outside US working hours.
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