Elon Musk sets internet on fire with cryptic tweet about dying 'under mysterious circumstances'

Tech entrepreneur David Sacks explains his optimism after Musk's deal to buy Twitter.Tesla CEO Elon Musk ignited a firestorm on social media by suggesting that he might die "under mysterious circumstances." While some on Twitter rushed to the conclusion that he might fear the Clintons, it seems the CEO may have been referencing a potential threat from Russia."If I die under mysterious circumstances, it’s been nice knowin ya," Musk, who is also the CEO of SpaceX and who recently acquired Twitter, posted on the social media platform.FORMER TWITTER CEO JACK DORSEY RESPONDS TO MUSK TAKEOVER: ‘ELON IS THE SINGULAR SOLUTION I TRUST’When Musk's mother Maye Musk responded, "That's not funny," her son replied, "Sorry! From context, it seems Musk was not referring to the Clintons as a potential threat to his life, but rather the Russian government.Shortly before his cryptic tweet, the Tesla CEO cited a message from Dmitry Rogozin, a former deputy prime minister of Russia, who sent a statement to Russian media condemning Musk's Starlink satellite company for enabling the "Nazi Azov Battalion" to access the internet."From the testimony of the captured commander of the 35th Marine Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Colonel Dmitry Kormyankov, it turns out that the internet terminals of Elon Musk's Starlink satellite company were delivered to the militants of the Nazi Azov Battalion and the Ukrainian Marines in Mariupol by military helicopters," Rogozin wrote, according to a translation Musk posted on Twitter. And for this, Elon, you will be held accountable like an adult – no matter how much you'll play the fool.""The word ‘Nazi’ doesn't mean what he seems to think it does," Musk tweeted with the message.Musk's Starlink has indeed been connecting Ukrainians to the internet amid the Russian invasion.The Azov Battalion is a unit of the National Guard of Ukraine based in Mariupol in the region of the Sea of Azov. The Kremlin has denied involvement in the apparent assassination attempt.CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APPIt seems Musk was likely referring to a threat from Russia, not any supposed threat from the Clintons.Tyler O'Neil is an editor at Fox News.