I AM BECOME MEME

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-Some viewers of the rambling interview he gave at CPAC – covering everything from his controversial government cuts to the war in Ukraine – noted that he sometimes seemed incoherent and even struggled to construct an intelligible sentence, sparking concern for his health.

‘I am become meme,’ he said at one point, adding: ‘My mind is a storm.’ He also suggested that Fort Knox’s gold depository wasn’t real, saying: ‘We just wanna see it and make sure somebody didn’t spray paint lead or something.’ 

On X, some speculated that he had taken drugs, most likely the party drug ketamine they suggested, before coming on stage, which might have explained not only his wild antics but also why he was wearing dark glasses – perhaps to hide rapid eye movement or dilated pupils.

Musk has admitted regularly using ketamine, a horse tranquiliser and powerful anaesthetic that’s become popular among recreational drug users for its hallucinogenic side-effects and the trance-like state it produces.

Musk has said he gets it on prescription from ‘an actual, real doctor’, even though in the US, it is a controlled substance and is only approved by the federal government as an anaesthetic.

In an interview last year, he said he uses ‘a small amount once every other week’ to treat depression. ‘There are times when I have sort of a… negative reaction in my brain, like depression I guess, or depression that’s not linked to any negative news, and ketamine is helpful for getting one out of the negative frame of mind,’ he said.

Asked if he abused the drug, he replied: ‘I don’t think so. If you use too much ketamine, you can’t really get work done, and I have a lot of work.’

Experts say the drug can lead to unpredictable behaviour and that, at higher doses, disassociation, a condition in which the user feels detached from their body and surroundings.

Ketamine researcher Amit Anand said users ‘can feel GRANDIOSE and like you have SPECIAL POWERS or SPECIAL TALENTS. People do IMPULSIVE things, they could do INADVISABLE things at work’.

It’s hardly the first time Musk’s bizarre behaviour has raised concerns about his mental state. – Excerpt – Tom Leonard, New York, DM.

Getty Images. Elon Musk wielding a chainsaw gifted to him by Argentina’s president Javier Millei.

Feb 21, 2025 12:27:57 pm