Billionaire
Musk magnetized Twitter users with a series of messages Tuesday night on the social media platform. He started his tweeting spree with a claim that he supports the "left half of the
He followed that tweet with his message about the
"Also, I'm buying
Musk's tweet totaled about 720,000 likes, 160,000 retweets, 50,000 quote tweets and 45,000 comments of Wednesday morning. He let the tweet linger for nearly four and a half hours before he responded to users.
"No, this is a long-running joke on Twitter," Musk replied. "I'm not buying any sports teams."
Musk also said he wasn't going to buy Coca-Cola and later claimed that stand-up comedy is his "side-hustle."
The Glazers, an American family, own
In April, Musk reached a settlement with the
The settlement emerged after the
The agency alleged that Musk misled
He later filed a countersuit against Twitter, accusing the platform of misleading him about its advertising base. Musk offered
Earlier this month, Musk sold nearly 8 million shares of
Forbes estimates that
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