Joyce Carol Oates, one of America’s most acclaimed authors, has gone viral for an “unsolicited attack” on Elon Musk, calling the billionaire “totally uneducated and uncultured” in a tweet that has since amassed over three million views.
The comment came a day after Musk had a fiery exchange with Democratic Senator Roland Gutierrez on X, during which the Tesla CEO defended his shareholder-approved compensation plan, one that could make him the world’s first trillionaire.
When one of Musk’s supporters went viral for retweeting the exchange and celebrating the CEO for “annihilating” his opponent, Oates chimed in and went viral herself for a scathing attack on his character.
