Journalist Kara Swisher, a former friend of Musk who previously said he was “losing his mind,” was also on the CNN panel. “That‘s probably why he was hired for all this ridiculous nonsense and other nefarious things,” she said, referring to “Big Balls” and his alleged rap sheet.

A 19-year-old member of Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency , Edward Coristine, was previously terminated from an internship at Path Network, a cybersecurity firm, for allegedly leaking proprietary information to a competitor.