{"id":9925,"date":"2026-06-13T12:00:59","date_gmt":"2026-06-13T12:00:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.theck1.no\/?p=9925"},"modified":"2026-06-13T12:00:59","modified_gmt":"2026-06-13T12:00:59","slug":"the-worlds-first-trillionaire-is-a-killer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.theck1.no\/?p=9925","title":{"rendered":"The world\u2019s first trillionaire is a killer"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"margin-bottom:1em; color:#666; font-size:0.9em;\">\n<strong>TC. Sottek<\/strong><br \/>\n &bull;<br \/>\nJune 12, 2026\n<\/div>\n<hr\/>\n<figure>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Elon Musk makes a gesture at the inauguration\" data-caption=\"Hm! | Photo: Kristen Radtke \/ The Verge; Getty Images\" data-portal-copyright=\"Photo: Kristen Radtke \/ The Verge; Getty Images\" data-has-syndication-rights=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.theverge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/02\/Musk_President_Trump_Portraits_K_Radtke.jpg?quality=90&#038;strip=all&#038;crop=0,0,100,100\" \/><figcaption>\n\tHm! | Photo: Kristen Radtke \/ The Verge; Getty Images\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-none\">Elon Musk&#8217;s SpaceX IPO will probably make him <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/ai-artificial-intelligence\/948409\/elon-musk-trillionaire-spacex-ipo\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/ai-artificial-intelligence\/948409\/elon-musk-trillionaire-spacex-ipo\">the richest person to ever walk the planet<\/a>. And while his mountain of horrible personal conduct could fill multiple books, one fact in particular stands out: A year ago, Musk&#8217;s actions directly led to the deaths of hundreds of thousands of people. He did it knowingly. And, worse &#8211; <em>gleefully.<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-none\">This is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2022\/11\/11\/23451931\/elon-musk-twitter-bankrupt-verification-ftc\">not a serious person<\/a>, but his abuse of the world is deadly serious. In the first months of President Donald Trump&#8217;s second term, the Musk-led Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) destroyed the US Agency for International Development, whose mission was a boon to public health around the globe. M \u2026<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/tech\/949259\/the-worlds-first-trillionaire-is-a-killer\">Read the full story at The Verge.<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-top:1.5em;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/tech\/949259\/the-worlds-first-trillionaire-is-a-killer\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read the full article &rarr;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>TC. Sottek &bull; June 12, 2026 Hm! | Photo: Kristen Radtke \/ The Verge; Getty Images Elon Musk&#8217;s SpaceX IPO will probably make him the richest person to ever walk the planet. And while his mountain of horrible personal conduct could fill multiple books, one fact in particular stands out: A year ago, Musk&#8217;s actions<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/news.theck1.no\/?p=9925\" class=\"themebutton2\">READ MORE<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9925","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-artificial-intelligence"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.theck1.no\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9925","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.theck1.no\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.theck1.no\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.theck1.no\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.theck1.no\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=9925"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/news.theck1.no\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9925\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.theck1.no\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=9925"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.theck1.no\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=9925"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.theck1.no\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=9925"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}