According to foreign media reports, Musk held talks with Twitter management on Sunday, and the other party became very interested in Musk's $43 billion acquisition of Twitter. Musk and Twitter are in talks on an takeover offer, with hopes of finalizing a deal as soon as this week.
Musk seems determined to buy Twitter. Musk's insistence on acquiring Twitter makes people wonder that the purpose of his acquisition of Twitter is not only to consider economic interests, but may have a deeper layout. That is, whether Musk will participate in the election of the next US president after the successful acquisition of Twitter.
There's a reason why these two things are linked.
First, Twitter plays an important role in U.S. politics today.
Don't forget former U.S. President Donald Trump's famous "Twitter rule." Twitter is not only a self-media platform for ordinary people in the United States, but also an important platform for countries to take place internationally. The famous political movements in the United States in recent years can be related to Twitter. If the traditional media in the United States controlled the direction of American public opinion in the past, then the Influence of the Internet self-media represented by Twitter on American politics is increasing.
Second, Musk has repeatedly hinted in public that the current management of the us political leadership is too old.
On December 2, 2021, Musk tweeted on social media, "Let's set an age limit beyond which you can't run for political office." Maybe that number is just under 70. ”
Musk mentioned again in a recent interview that it would be unhealthy for a country's government to be made up primarily of citizens much older than the general population. He mentioned that the "leadership in the United States is very, very old."
Musk also said that the Founding Fathers of the United States set a minimum age for political leaders, but they did not think of the maximum age because they did not expect people to live that long. Musk suggested that U.S. political leaders must connect with the majority for American-style democracy to work.
Including the "Ukraine crisis", "Russian president", "democracy movement", etc., Musk has frequently expressed his views on political topics recently. It raises doubts as to whether Musk is preparing to run for the next U.S. presidency.
On March 17, 2022, the Hurun Research Institute released the "2022 Hurun Global Rich List", and Elon Musk became the world's richest man for the second consecutive year with 1.29 trillion yuan.
Real estate tycoons can become presidents of the United States, why can't the world's richest man.
The position of PRESIDENT is not insignificant to Musk.