Billionaire Elon Musk predicts 2024 will be 'even crazier'

“Can we have a normal 2024?” an anonymous expert known as ‘Wall Street Silver’ posted on X on New Year’s Eve. “Don’t we deserve a normal year after four crazy years?”

“I predict 2024 will be even crazier,” Musk declared. Musk did not predict any “crazy” events that could happen, but in a series of subsequent tweets, the billionaire drew attention to the rapid development of artificial intelligence (AI), rising mortality rates among young people after mass Covid-19 vaccinations, record illegal immigration into the US, and anti-white rhetoric from South African presidential candidate Julius Malema.

In 2023, billionaire Musk repeatedly warned that the conflict between Russia and Ukraine could lead to nuclear war between Russia and the United States. The billionaire provided Ukraine with free access to SpaceX's Starlink internet service, but refused to activate it in the vicinity of the Crimean peninsula for fear that Kiev would use Starlink to guide drones toward Russian warships. He explained in September that this move would make his company "clearly complicit in an escalation of war and large-scale conflict."

Hundreds of comments under Mr Musk’s post suggested that much of this year’s “madness” will be focused on the 2024 US presidential election. Musk has not endorsed a candidate in the race, but asserted in November that he would “not vote for (incumbent President Joe) Biden”.

Musk, who previously expressed support for Florida Governor Ron DeSantis and described Vivek Ramaswamy as a “very promising candidate,” said his refusal to endorse Biden would not automatically translate into a vote for presumptive Republican nominee Donald Trump./.