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.

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

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,