Shocker: Elon Musk spends a lot of time on X posting bad political takes

NBC News’s David Ingram analyzed a month’s worth of Elon Musk’s X posts (our condolences). While what he was able to glean wasn’t too surprising, it was still interesting to see the numbers all laid out. Between September 17th and October 17th, he posted 1,716 times, averaging a little over 55 posts a day. 49 percent of those were about politics, usually fringe. He seems particularly hung up on the race of people on TV and in movies, including going after child actors.

Other things Elon likes to talk about? Crime, Tesla – oh, and of course, himself. Over the 30 days, Elon posted about himself 109 times. He often even reposts his own stan ac …

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