‘Poor deluded fool�? says Elon Musk as Italian minister calls him ‘a crazy drug addict�?and ‘should be locked up in a psychiatric hospital�?/span>

TOI Tech Desk / TIMESOFINDIA.COM / Updated: Apr 10, 2025, 19:22 IST

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Elon Musk responded to Italian minister Vincenzo De Luca's harsh criticism, where De Luca called Musk a 'drug addict' and suggested he should be institutionalized. De Luca also criticized Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni for potentially associating with Musk, given his personal life. Musk retaliated with a Grok-generated roast and questioned the minister's grasp on reality.

‘Poor deluded fool�? says Elon Musk as Italian minister calls him ‘a crazy drug addict�?and ‘should be locked up in a psychiatric hospital�? decoding=

Elon Musk has fired back at Italian minister Vincenzo De Luca who recently called him a ‘drug addict�?and said that the tech billionaire should be ‘locked up in a psychiatric hospital�? An X user @amuse shared a video of De Luca responding to a reporter’s question about Musk’s proposal on ‘tariff truce�? “Italy’s President of Campania falsely claims that Elon Musk is a crazy drug addict and he should be locked up in a psychiatric hospital,�?the user wrote in the post. The video shows De Luca saying “I think Elon musk should be placed under 5150 psychiatric hold or TSO as it os called in Italy. And it should be done quickly too�?
De Luca further attacked Italian Prime Minister saying “That being said, tariffs threaten to harm everyone. I remember Georgia Meloni proposed her party as the party of god, fatherland and family. If they hold party conventions and invite Musk, then so much for god, fatherland and family.�?br/>“This guy has 13-15 children around the world. He is a cokehead, a junkie, a nutcase. If you want to pull fast ones like these, you end up paying them,�?he further added.

Elon Musk hits back

The Tesla CEO hit back at the Italian minister with a screenshot of a Grok conversation asking the AI assistant to “roast this douchebag in Italian�? “Buono sera, buono sera …�? he captioned the post.

In another post, he wrote “The poor deluded fool still thinks the news is real�?

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