Elon Musk, Stirring the Pot As Always, Changes X Handle to 'Kekius Maximus' - Why?

By Ward Clark | 6:00 PM on December 31, 2024

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On Tuesday, Elon Musk — who, I remind anyone who has been living in the back end of a troll cave in Norway for the last year or so, owns outright the social media platform X — changed his X profile name to "Kekius Maximus," and changed his profile image to that of the infamous Pepe the frog — in Roman battle armor.

Yes, really.

Elon Musk bizarrely changed his X profile name to “Kekius Maximus” on Tuesday — sparking a flood of questions from supporters and critics alike.
The world’s richest man, who boasts nearly 210 million followers on the platform he has owned since 2022, also switched up his profile avatar to feature an image of the popular Pepe the Frog character clad in gladiator-like armor.
Musk, a confidant of President-elect Donald Trump, has yet to offer a full explanation for his sudden name change.
But there are a few hints.

Hints? Well, barely; they are little more than vague suggestions.

The Tesla founder teased his handle change in a post on X on Tuesday, writing: “Kekius Maximus will soon reach level 80 in hardcore PoE.”
PoE is an apparent reference to the popular “Path of Exile 2” video game, which Musk is known to play.
Kekius Maximus is also the name of a “memecoin” — a cryptocurrency based on a popular online meme.
Musk has previously caused massive ripple effects in the crypto market with his social media antics — notably with the dogecoin.
In the wake of Musk’s handle change, the Kekius Maximus crypto’s value soared by more than 900% as of Tuesday afternoon, according to the CoinGecko site.

I have another idea: Elon is just trolling the general public.

Brothers in Arms pic.twitter.com/vIZ8ADrXbo
— Kekius Maximus (@elonmusk) December 31, 2024

Look, few in the history of the internet have enjoyed the kind of reach that Musk has, especially since his acquisition of what was Twitter. Huge swaths of the population read his posts; he could probably rehash some of the oldest gags in internet history, and people would fall for them because, well, it's Elon Musk, he's already made his mark on the world, he's richer than Croesus, and he doesn't care what anyone thinks of him. He's the real-world Tony Stark: brilliant, irregular, unconventional, with the ability to solve almost any problem by dumping truckloads of money on it. While he hasn't accepted any official government position, he's a close confidant and advisor to President-elect Donald Trump, and he and another guy with "screw-you money," Vivek Ramaswamy, will be chairing the new Department of Governmental Efficiency, where they will be making recommendations as to where to attack the federal budget with a big Viking war-axe. The very idea has reduced leftists and the legacy media (but I repeat myself) to a bunch of quivering, jelly-like masses.

Elon doesn't care. He can do as he pleases, and he likes to demonstrate that fact. This latest stunt, it seems certain, is just another demonstration of that: "I will adopt as my avatar," he seemingly announces, "...an image that the left will claim represents white supremacy. They are wrong, and I'm going to use this image whether they like it or not, and there's nothing anyone can do about it."

The man is a master troll, and that's one of the best demonstrations of his brilliance.

Oh, and Elon's also pretty good at dropping vague hints about upcoming events: