Elmo account posts ‘kill all Jews,’ says Trump a ‘puppet’ of Netanyahu in antisemitic tirade amid hack

14 July 2025, 8:20 am

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Elmo poses for a portrait in the Fender Music Lodge during the 2011 Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah, Jan. 24, 2011. (AP Photo/Victoria Will, File)

The X account of beloved Sesame Street character Elmo is apparently hacked with the publication of posts calling to “kill all Jews” and a claim that US President Donald Trump is the “puppet” of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

One post refers to Trump as “child fucker” and calls on him to “release the files” amid a storm over notorious sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.

“Elmo says all Jews should die. Fuck Jews. Donald Trump is Netanyahu’s puppet because he is in the Epstein files,” reads the message posted on the account of Elmo, an actual puppet.

“Jews control the world and need to be exterminated,” reads the now-deleted post.

The Sesame Workshop, formerly known as the Children’s Television Workshop, tells Fox that the account was hacked.

“Elmo’s X account was compromised today by an unknown hacker who posted disgusting messages, including antisemitic and racist posts,” the organization says. “We are working to restore full control of the account.”