Elon Musk turned down a request from Donald Trump to buy Truth Social last summer, according to sources cited by The Washington Post today.
At the time, Truth Social’s parent company, Trump Media, was in the middle of a complicated and long-delayed merger process.
The Post’s unnamed sources say Trump told Musk he had earned just $200 from the venture.
Musk ultimately turned down the request for Trump’s renegade social media site, the sources said.
The Washington Post cites unnamed sources who say Trump asked Musk to buy Truth Social last year after struggling to turn a profit
Just a few months after the disclosure, Trump Media’s merger partner, Digital World Acquisition Corp., said that it had offered to pay an $18million settlement to the Securities and Exchange Commission if the merger was completed.
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