Musk Labels U.K. Diver as Pedophile in Spat Over Thai Rescue
- Rescuers opted not to use submarine developed by Musk company
- ‘It’s not finished,’ Unsworth says after Tesla chief’s tweets
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Elon Musk’s controversial tweets reached a new level when he called a British cave explorer a pedophile after the man criticized the billionaire’s effort to help rescue 12 boys from a Thai cave last week.
Musk’s now-deleted post on Twitter adds to a long list of news-making tweets by the Tesla Inc. chairman, who unlike most executives doesn’t hesitate to battle publicly with his detractors. He’s used the social network to promote his companies, spar with short sellers who are betting against Tesla shares and needle journalists who question the businesses’ prospects. Musk has 22.3 million followers on Twitter.