Elon Musk has teased the idea of buying the liberal TV network MSNBC. Musk floated the idea on social media, responding to a post on X shared by Donald Trump Jr. that said Comcast was putting the network up for sale.

Donald Trump Jr. mocked MSNBC for its declining ratings on Friday as he and Elon Musk toyed with the prospect of buying the left-leaning cable news channel—apparently in jest. The exchange on X was kicked off when the president-elect’s eldest child responded to a post from the finance meme account @WallStreetMav that suggested that MSNBC was “up for sale” amid reports that Comcast,

Comcast will move cable news channels CNBC and MSNBC, along with other TV brands, into a new company tentatively named SpinCo.

As US President-elect Donald Trump continues to make heads turn with nominations for key roles in his incoming administration, Russians are trying to understand the appointments and what impacts they might have for Moscow.

Together with DOGE partner Vivek Ramaswamy, Musk is targeting “mass headcount reductions across the federal bureaucracy.”

"My direct experience is that he is a great guy with an excellent sense of humor," Musk said of Trump in an X post on Wednesday.