India, March 19 -- Elon Musk has publicly addressed the conspiracy to assassinate him and destroy his lovechild, Tesla.

As the head of the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) and a close ally of President Donald Trump, the world's richest man has faced growing controversy in recent weeks due to his aggressive push to reduce the federal bureaucracy.

Speaking to Fox News host Sean Hannity on Tuesday night, Musk claimed, "It turns out when you take away people's, you know, the money that they're receiving fraudulently, they get very upset."

"And they basically want to kill me because I'm stopping their fraud and they want to hurt Tesla because we're stopping the terrible waste and corruption in the government. And, well, I guess th...