A joke about his own death that attracted millions of interactions and a hat tip to the taste of chocolate milk this week again proved that Musk is the leader of the platform, but his ambition to take ownership has come into question after he said.
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According to data compiled by social media tracking firm NewsWhip, Musk has authored three of the top six most popular messages over the past week, continuing a dominant stretch for him that began in April when the board accepted his $44 billion offer to take over the company.
Musk said "If I die under mysterious circumstances, it's been nice knowin ya", in response to a former deputy Russian prime minister who accused Musk of being a hacker.
At 4:30 p.m. The message has been shared more than 200,000 times and received more than 1.9 million likes.
The album tracklist shared by K-Pop supergroup BTS attracted more interactions than Musk's cryptic post.
Musk noted that chocolate milk is good. Just had some.
His next most-liked message was an attack on President Joe Biden, who he argued was mistaken in thinking he was elected to transform the country.
The stock price has fallen 25% since the board backed Musk's offer to buy the company for $54.20 a share, but investors worry the deal might fall through. Musk vowed Friday he remains committed to acquisition and stated he was just waiting for details about the claim that fake accounts make up less than 5% of users. There have been other red flags that cast doubt on the deal. The Securities and Exchange Commission is looking into why Musk waited weeks to tell regulators he bought a 5% stake in the company, missing a 10-day disclosure deadline. According to the Wall Street Journal, the delay may have saved Musk more than $150 million. Regulators and stockholders need to approve Musk's deal to buy the company.
Musk said Tuesday he would lift former President Donald Trump's ban on his account, but Trump responded by saying he would never go back to it.
How Musk Already Owns a Social Media Website: The 8 top posts in the past week.
Musk said he would lift the ban on Trump.
According to Forbes, the SEC is investigating Musk for delay in revealing his 5% stake in the micro-blogging site.
Musk says the deal is on hold.
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