Elon Musk has called the report “false”.
Washington:
Billionaire tech entrepreneur Elon Musk has dismissed a report by a US daily that claims former President Donald Trump, who has been permanently banned from Twitter, “made him buy” the micro-blogging site. encouraged”. Mr Musk called the report “inaccurate”.
The New York Post report quoted Devin Nunes, CEO of Donald Trump’s own social media app Truth Social, as saying that the former president “encouraged Elon Musk to buy it (Twitter) because someone has to take on these tech tyrants.” “
When the American daily shared its story on Twitter, Elon Musk replied, “It’s false. I have no communication, directly or indirectly. [Donald] Trump, who has publicly stated that he will be exclusively on Truth Social.
this is wrong. I have not had any direct or indirect communication with Trump, who has publicly stated that he will be exclusively on Truth Social.
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) 6 May 2022
Last month, Elon Musk bought Twitter in a cash deal worth $44 billion. The dice for the deal started rolling in early April when the Tesla boss revealed he was Twitter’s largest individual shareholder with 9 percent stake Company. He soon agreed to join Twitter’s board but backed out within a week of accepting the offer.
Mr Musk has twitter deal As a move to protect free speech, the company’s top executives were accused of far-reaching censorship. The head of SpaceX hasn’t yet clearly spelled out his plans for how he wants Twitter to change.
Meanwhile, speculation intensified whether Donald Trump would return to Twitter under the new leadership.
Ban on social media platform Donald Trump in January 2021Following the violence at the US Capitol by his followers.