Of course he is guilty of the very thing he accused someone of

He lied about the death of his son for clout and got called out by his ex on his own social network. Does that mean he has no mercy for himself?

Difficult to describe it any better. Wil Wheaton perfectly sums up the entire situation with Elon Musk.

Talking Points Memo’s Josh Marshall is probably responsible for starting the trend earlier this year. As the article noted, the nickname Elmo had been used to refer to the Tesla CEO at least since 2018 but it was never widely picked up until he announced that he was buying Twitter earlier this year.

Independent journalist Marcy Wheeler who goes by the name emptywheel had been previously credited for the nickname’s popularity but she denied it saying she picked it up from others.