X owner and multi-billionaire businessman said that there were hundreds of bogus media stories the past week claiming he was anti-semitic.
“Nothing could be further from the truth. I wish only the best for humanity and a prosperous and exciting future for all,” he said.
Elon also thanked a Jewish person who wrote: “While I don’t always agree with some of the things you agree with or say, as a Jewish man I have never once thought that you were even remotely close to an antisemite. Those who throw around these words so easily are actually the ones causing harm to Jews because it minimizes the actions of actual anti-Semites.”
White House accuses Musk repeating hideous lie about Jewish people
The White House has accused Elon Musk of repeating a hideous lie about Jewish people after the X owner appeared to respond approvingly to an antisemitic post on the platform.
Musk replied to a post sharing an antisemitic conspiracy theory, calling it the "actual truth". Mr Musk has denied that the post was antisemitic.
White House spokesman Andrew Bates said: “We condemn this abhorrent promotion of antisemitic and racist hate in the strongest terms.
He noted that the post-Mr Musk was responding to referred to a conspiracy theory that motivated the man who killed 11 people at a Pittsburgh synagogue in 2018.
"It is unacceptable to repeat the hideous lie behind the most fatal act of antisemitism in American history at any time, let alone one month after the deadliest day for the Jewish people since the Holocaust," Mr Bates said, referring to the 7 October Hamas assault against Israel.
