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(The Hill) -- Donald Trump Jr. and tech billionaire Elon Musk joked connected Friday astir purchasing MSNBC.
It started with Trump Jr., President-elect Trump’s oldest son, sharing a meme astir MSNBC being up for sale. Trump Jr. quote-tweeted the meme Friday connected X and said “Hey @elonmusk I person the funniest thought ever!!!”
“How overmuch does it cost,” Musk replied.
Musk later responded to the viral interaction, saying the merchantability would beryllium "the astir entertaining outcome," portion suggesting it would beryllium "ironic."
The speech occurred conscionable 2 days aft Comcast, 1 of the largest media conglomerates successful the nation, said it planned to spin off NBCUniversal assets, including USA Network, CNBC, MSNBC, Oxygen, E!, SYFY and Golf Channel, to “create a caller publically traded company.”
Comcast did not notation immoderate denotation it would beryllium unfastened to selling MSNBC.
Musk’s speech with Trump Jr. is akin to 1 he had with a Twitter idiosyncratic successful 2017 aft helium was encouraged to acquisition the societal media platform.
“How overmuch is it” Musk wrote successful December of 2017. In 2022, helium bought the societal media platform, which was aboriginal renamed to X, for $44 billion.
Popular podcaster Joe Rogan chimed successful connected the banter connected Friday, telling Musk connected X that if the billionaire would bargain MSNBC, Rogan would similar to regenerate MSNBC prima big Rachel Maddow.
"If you bargain MSNBC I would similar Rachael Maddow’s job," Rogan wrote. "I volition deterioration the aforesaid outfit and glasses, and I volition archer the aforesaid lies."
Some of MSNBC’s hosts, including Maddow, Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski, person been long-time critics of Trump. The co-hosts of MSNBC’s “Morning Joe” said connected Monday that they went to Mar-a-Lago past week to conscionable with Trump to sermon toning down the governmental rhetoric and unifying the country.
Brzezinski said it was the archetypal clip they met face-to-face with the president-elect successful 7 years, a gathering that sparked backlash from critics and viewers. Following Trump’s triumph successful the 2024 statesmanlike predetermination implicit Vice President Harris, MSNBC viewership is down 38 percent, The Wrap reported connected Thursday.
