The repost, later deleted by Musk, said: "Stalin, Mao, and Hitler didn’t murder millions of people. Their public sector employees did.”

Musk and Tesla have faced heightened criticism since the billionaire made a gesture likened to a Nazi salute during an inaugural event in January.

As Tesla stocks continue their free-fall into the abyss, billionaire edgelord Elon Musk thinks defending literal Hitler might somehow stop the bleeding. The SpaceX founder has reposted a tweet claiming that history’s infamous dictators weren’t actually responsible for murdering people.

Stalin, Mao, and Hitler didn’t murder millions of people. Their public sector employees did,” said an X post shared by the site’s owner, multibillionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk.

The post, originally shared by another user, read, "Stalin, Mao and Hitler didn’t murder millions of people. Their public sector workers did."

Elon Musk is facing backlash after he reposted a tweet which claimed that Adolf Hitler, Joseph Stalin and Mao Zedong were not responsible for the deaths of millions of people

MAGA Billionaire Elon Musk, the owner of X (formerly Twitter), is facing criticism after amplifying a tweet that downplays the responsibility of historical dictators in mass killings. The post, originally from the account "Alice Smith" and shared by user "Rothmus,

Elon Musk has reposted a tweet suggesting that Adolf Hitler, Joseph Stalin, and Mao Zedong were not responsible for murdering millions of people. The post amplified by Musk to his 219.6 million followers blamed “public sector workers” for the atrocities carried out in the name of some of the most barbarous tyrants in modern history.

Unelected U.S. President Musk retweeted to his 200 million followers that Hitler, Stalin and Mao didn't kill anyone - their naughty "public sector" workers did! The post literally said, "Stalin, Mao,