Musk suggests he’s prepared to sue media over coverage of Cybertruck explosion

Elon Musk appeared Thursday to threaten the media with lawsuits if he doesn’t like the way they’re reporting the Cybertruck explosion outside the Trump International Hotel and Tower Las Vegas on New Year’s Day.

He issued the the warning in response to a post on X Thursday from conservative activist Robby Starbuck saying that Musk, the CEO of Tesla, which manufactures Cybertrucks, should “consider suing outlets” whose “headlines are sabotaging” the brand by making people think the Cybertruck “caught on fire.”

Musk ominously answered: “Maybe it is time to do so.”

The blast occurred early Wednesday when the Cybertruck, rigged with fireworks mortars, gasoline and camping gas canisters, exploded in front of the hotel’s main entrance, a short drive from the Las Vegas Strip.