This basketball star-turned psychologist’s brutal description of Elon Musk pulled no punches

David Harris. Updated October 24th, 2024

There’s no doubting that Elon Musk divides opinion, a fact perfectly highlighted by Democrat Vice-President candidate Tim Walz’s recent description of him as a ‘dipshit’.

But surely, whatever you think of him, we can all agree that he is a great inventor and founder of hugely successful companies such as Tesla and SpaceX.

Well – not quite.

Here’s a TikTok video of English-American psychologist and former professional basketball player, John Amaechi, in which he eloquently explains his hatred of Musk. It very much struck a chord, gaining over 2 million views after being shared on Twitter by Bill Madden.

Let’s take a look.

This gentleman has one of the most accurate descriptions of Elon Musk I've heard yet. pic.twitter.com/wgZbnmEA1o

— Bill Madden (@maddenifico) October 22, 2024

“He doesn’t found anything, he’s just a cuckoo. He arrives in a nest and just pushes out the founders and then opens his gob wide and then forces the government to feed him subsidies and then flits off to another nest and pushes out another couple of founders and gorges on the public purse.”

Excoriating stuff! Lot’s of people agreed with him.

1.

Musk is the biggest propaganda machine! Take away his security clearance and take away the billions (yes billions) in grant money. Kick his ass out! pic.twitter.com/5Y84Iamyws

— Jazzy Jones willnotsilenceme (@theywillnotsil1) October 22, 2024

2.

SO TRUE. He’s a snake oil salesman too, just like Trump. He’s been promising full self drive for over a decade, just like Trump promised he’d build the wall & Mexico would pay. He’s never invented a thing.

— Scottifa (@scottfromnyc79) October 23, 2024

3.

Very well said. Every time someone says," oh elon is brilliant, I say no, he comes up with ideas and has brilliant people who make them a reality. Research and development, etc. He's not so brilliant and I guess we made him rich!

— Kathy (@Kathy85829752) October 23, 2024

4.

Remember when Elon made a tweet about coding and the real coders said this mfer don’t know coding at all!

— Higher Design (@AmeroMoney) October 23, 2024

5.

Take 50 seconds of your day and listen to this absolute banger from bball legend and true Renaissance man, the one & only @JohnAmaechi https://t.co/BFVzU6Iyn7

— EJW (@browyolks) October 23, 2024

6.

Flawless description, spot on. https://t.co/JBYJxruiPr

— Joe Smith (@Joe_Wordsmith) October 23, 2024

7.

I echo the sentiment of the gentleman in the clip. I like the cuckoo analogy, but I always view Elon Musk as a parasite that feeds off the Govt while complaining about it.

All Billionaires are parasites. They offer no value to society. They just drain our life force. https://t.co/7zF2Skv1fP

— Arbiter Anubis (@ArbiterAnubis) October 23, 2024

8.

This is the most perfect description of #ElonMusk out there. https://t.co/JPZq1mctrY

— Mary Lou George (@marylougeorge2) October 24, 2024

9.

Just love the way this gentleman so calmly explains what the manbaby is doing… https://t.co/BgxPkZ9Z06

— Christine Cooper‍♀️‍♀️ (@coopSpeak) October 23, 2024

10.

So eloquently put. https://t.co/RzKTyMU7VD

— Agent Smart (@agentsmart) October 23, 2024

11.

Couldn’t be a more accurate description of the fiction that is “boy genius” Elon Musk. https://t.co/MEu6M4PXlW

— Dazzling Urbanite v2.0 (@PDotEsco) October 23, 2024

To sum up …

This is ALL THE THINGS for this very moment. He’s terrific. https://t.co/EWQGj81pto

— Larkin Warren (@LarkinWarren) October 23, 2024

Source John Amaechi H/T Bill Madden Image Screengrab, Screengrab