Elon Musk tweets he is buying Manchester United while joking on politics

Prolific tweeter Elon Musk said he is buying British football club Manchester United in a thread joking about his political alliances.

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The Tesla chief executive officer and world’s richest person made the claim in a tweet threat where he stated

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he supported the left half of the Republican party and the right half of the Democrats. Musk has a track record of using Twitter to make jokes

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He also run afoul of the US Securities and Exchange Commission, most infamously for tweets in 2018 about Tesla private.

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More recently, he has drawn scrutiny from regulators over a May 17 tweet that his $44 billion takeover bid for Twitter.

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Musk backed away from the purchase last month, spurring a lawsuit from the company to make him complete the deal.

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The latest tweets could also attract regulatory attention, given Manchester United securities are listed on the New York stock exchange

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