Elon Musk suddenly quipped United States President Joe Biden on Twitter shortly after SpaceX managed to get four civilians into space. What is it?
The innuendo began when one of Musk's Twitter followers asked why the US President had not responded after SpaceX completed its Inspiration4 mission and helped raise hundreds of millions of dollars for St. Children's Hospital. Jude.
Musk then replied, "He's still sleeping," as quoted by CNBC, Monday (20/9/2021).
As is known, SpaceX managed to fly four civilians on the Inspiration4 mission into space using the Crew Dragon capsule. After spending three days in space, the capsule returned to Earth on Saturday (18/9).
One of the goals of Inspiration4's mission is to raise $200 million for St. Jude Children's Hospital. After the Inspiration4 mission ended, they managed to raise USD 160.2 million, and Elon Musk later contributed USD 50 million, bringing the total to USD 210 million.
Musk's satire seems to be inspired by the mockery that former US President Donald Trump often made to Biden. During the 2020 US presidential campaign, Trump often mocked Biden by calling him 'Sleepy Joe'.
Musk's satire to Biden is quite surprising considering he previously said he did not want to get involved with politics. But through this innuendo, Musk doesn't seem reluctant to criticize the US government for often targeting his company.
For example, SpaceX was investigated by the US Department of Justice for allegedly discriminating against prospective employees because of their citizenship status.
In addition, as CEO of Tesla, Musk has also complained about the Biden government's proposal that requires electric cars to be made domestically by unions if they want to get an extra incentive of USD 4,500. Although Tesla has several factories in the US, they are the largest automaker in the US that does not have a union.
On the other hand, Musk and SpaceX also have a good relationship with the US federal government. For example, SpaceX recently won a $2.89 billion contract from NASA to build a lander for use on missions to the Moon.
