He wants the company to be private, very private.
Space and electric vehicle mogul Elon Musk jokes about using his deep pockets to buy MSNBC following shocking news that Comcast plans to break up the left-leaning cable network. shared a vulgar meme on the X platform.
“And do not lead us into temptation…” Musk, 53, wrote. ×post It also includes a meme showing what appears to be a priest struggling to maintain his purity alongside a woman who exposes herself.
In this risqué meme, a priest is overlaid with the text “I try not to buy Elon Musk” and the MSNBC logo is placed on a woman's butt.
Almost exactly two years ago, Musk same memein another text, teased President-elect Donald Trump's temptation to return to Twitter (which has since been renamed to X).
In recent days, the billionaire and serial meme poster has joked about buying a cable news platform and overhauling it.
Comcast, the parent company of MSNBC, is considering a plan to spin off nearly all of its cable channels into a company called Spinco. Other channels in the group include CNBC, Oxygen, E!, Syfy, and Golf Channel.
Critics of the cable news network are taking advantage of developments that raise questions about MSNBC's future in light of this dramatic change, and officials within the channel are gripped by anxiety.
“Everything is up in the air, so everyone is panicking,” one MSNBC official previously told the Post.
MSNBC is home to liberal stalwarts like Rachel Maddow, Joy Reid, and Lawrence O'Donnell.
Amid the turmoil, soon-to-be eldest son Donald Trump Jr. joked that Musk should buy MSNBC.
“Hey @elonmusk, I have the funniest idea ever!!!” President Trump's heir wrote on X in response to another post suggesting MSNBC would be put up for sale.
“It's most likely to be the funniest outcome, especially if it's ironic.” Mr. Musk replied with an X..
Podcast mogul Joe Rogan agreed, saying, “If I buy MSNBC, I want Rachel Maddow to do the job. I'm going to wear the same clothes, wear the same glasses, and tell the same lies.'' is.”
Musk replied, “I'll make a deal.”
So far, Musk only appears to be joking about buying liberal news networks. With an estimated net worth of $348 billion, Mr. Musk is the richest person in the world. According to Bloomberg.
However, it may not be all fun and games. The tech mogul joked about buying Twitter (now X) for years before actually pulling the trigger.
“How much?” He Asked on the platform in 2017.
Musk ultimately acquired the platform in 2022 for $44 billion, with the deal closing in October of the same year.
Mr. Musk has become more interested in politics in recent years, meeting with Mr. Trump, 78, and allies of the president-elect at Mar-a-Lago after the Nov. 5 presidential election, and giving himself plenty of time to do so. spent.
The Post has reached out to MSNBC representatives for comment.
