As usual, the American billionaire Elon Musk raised many questions by changing his name on his account via the X platform to “Kerkaus Maximus Kerkaus Maximus”, which looks like a combination of a symbol of the extreme right and the meme digital currency meme coin and one of the characters of the movie Gladiator.
Replacement
The head of Tesla and SpaceX, who has become one of the most prominent advisers to US President-elect Donald Trump, also replaced his image on his account on Tuesday, adopting the image of “the frog Pepe the Frog”, a famous cartoon character linked to the far right, during Trump’s first term and described by the Anti-Defamation League as a”sign of hatred”.
As usual, the richest man in the world, who acquired the network “Twitter” and changed its name to “X” in 2022, did not give any explanation for these changes that caused a stir.
His new nickname may be a reference to the character of the Roman General Maximus Decimus Meridius embodied by actor Russell Crowe in the 2000 film Gladiator Gladiator, while “Kik” is an expression adopted by far-right internet users, many cyber trolls or trolls, rather than “LOL lol”; that is,”laughing out loud”.
Before changing his pseudonym, Musk posted an ad on X that read:” kikois Maximus will soon reach level 80 in PoE, “and Poe is likely a reference to the popular video game” path of Exile”.
A rise that raises questions
After changing his pseudonym, the value of the meme kikios Maximos, a cryptocurrency inspired by one of the internet memes, increased by almost 1400 percent on Tuesday afternoon, according to the website “Coin Gecko CoinGecko”, while internet users are wondering: Does this change constitute a joke or a hidden message in favor of cryptocurrencies, according to “Agence France-Presse”.
The billionaire will be one of the key figures during Trump’s term, who appointed him to head the commission on “government efficiency”, a body created to reduce federal budgets.
