The exchange began when Trump Jr. tagged Musk ― tapped by the returning POTUS to run an unofficial public cost-cutting department ― on Musk’s platform, X (formerly Twitter), on news that MSNBC’s parent company Comcast will spin its cable networks off into a new company. “Hey @elonmusk I have the funniest idea ever!!!” Trump Jr. wrote.

Over the weekend, Donald Trump Jr. curtly joked with podcaster Joe Rogan and tech billionaire Elon Musk about MSNBC's hosts. President-elect Donald Trump’s eldest son started a conversation on Musk's social media platform,

Musk and friends have fantasized about buying liberal news network as parent company NBCUniversal plans to spin off various cable properties