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Tom of Temecula

(1,632 posts)
Tue Mar 12, 2024, 11:54 AM Mar 2024

Trump asked Elon Musk if he wanted to buy Truth Social

Former president Donald Trump asked Elon Musk last summer whether the billionaire industrialist would be interested in buying Trump’s social network Truth Social, according to two people with knowledge of the conversation.

The overture to Musk, whose business empire includes SpaceX, Tesla and the social networking site X, did not lead to a deal. But the conversation, which has not been previously reported, shows the two men have communicated more than was known. The two have had other conversations, too, Trump advisers say, about politics and business.

Among their conversations was a meeting earlier this month in Palm Beach, Fla., where Trump met with Musk and a few high-powered Republican donors, the people said. The subject of that discussion is not clear but, after it was first reported by the New York Times, which noted that the meeting happened while Trump was looking for campaign contributions, the billionaire wrote on X that he is “not donating money to either candidate for US President.”

Musk, the world’s second-richest man, has increasingly voiced support for conservative ideology on X, including echoing Trump’s unverified claims that the Biden administration is, as Musk wrote last week, “importing voters and creating a national security threat from unvetted illegal immigrants.”

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/trump-asked-elon-musk-if-he-wanted-to-buy-truth-social/ar-BB1jKtxD

I was going to say that Truth Social might be a good tax write-off for Eloon. But when does Eloon actually pay taxes?

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Trump asked Elon Musk if he wanted to buy Truth Social (Original Post) Tom of Temecula Mar 2024 OP
Musk only pays taxes when he exercises stock options... WarGamer Mar 2024 #1
Why would he? C_U_L8R Mar 2024 #2
It reminds me of an old joke where a prospector walks in a saloon... Hugin Mar 2024 #4
Probably didn't like Trump's price. no_hypocrisy Mar 2024 #3
Musk figured Truth Social was already screwed up Raven123 Mar 2024 #5

WarGamer

(18,613 posts)
1. Musk only pays taxes when he exercises stock options...
Tue Mar 12, 2024, 11:56 AM
Mar 2024

Even refuses to pay property taxes so lives on-site at SpaceX Texas facility... in a modular home.

C_U_L8R

(49,384 posts)
2. Why would he?
Tue Mar 12, 2024, 11:57 AM
Mar 2024

It's not a very valuable audience from an ad sales point of view. I guess you make up for it in bulk banners for cheese curls, reverse mortgages, adult diapers and smelly lumpy pillows.

Hugin

(37,847 posts)
4. It reminds me of an old joke where a prospector walks in a saloon...
Tue Mar 12, 2024, 12:08 PM
Mar 2024

Last edited Wed Mar 13, 2024, 07:35 AM - Edit history (1)

And slaps down a rock on the bar asking if the bartender will trade a drink for this rare stone. The bartender looks at him and places three rocks exactly like that on the bar and smiles.

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