Celebrity comebacks elon musk Liz Truss Elon Musk thanked Liz Truss for her support and the whole of Britain responded as one John Plunkett . Updated August 14th, 2024 Share Tweet It’s not been a great week for Liz Truss, what with that unfortunate image of a lettuce being unfurled behind her on a speaking tour , but then again it hasn’t been a good week for the former PM for 15 minutes for a while now. Still, at least she got the approval of Elon Musk after Truss bigged him up for ‘standing up’ for free speech.
I am appalled by the attacks on free speech in Britain and Europe. We can't be truly free without free speech. Good for @elonmusk and @X for standing up to these bullies.
— Liz Truss (@trussliz) August 13, 2024 It didn’t entirely go down well with everyone (you can read all our favourite responses here) , many people’s reaction best summed up by this. You’re mixing up free speech with breaking the law by inciting violence. Free speech is more along the lines of me saying ‘you are a brainless dimwit who shouldn’t have been put in charge of a chip shop, never mind a fucking country’.
— Parody Keir Starmer (@Parody_PM) August 13, 2024 But one person appreciated it – they really appreciated it – and that person was of course Elon Musk, who took time out from his busy schedule to personally thank the ex-PM. Thank you for your support — Elon Musk (@elonmusk) August 13, 2024 Except it had the unintended consequence of a whole new wave of ridicul.