Elon Musk Tweets He’s Buying Manchester United, Then Calls It a Joke

Elon Musk said on Twitter he was shopping for English soccer crew Manchester United solely to say hours later it was a joke, the most recent instance of the Tesla chief government’s utilizing the platform to drop complicated statements about his intentions.

Mr. Musk’s preliminary tweet on Tuesday got here as a reply to a put up he’d made 5 minutes earlier about politics, wherein he mentioned: “To be clear, I support the left half of the Republican Party and the right half of the Democratic Party!” Mr. Musk then tweeted: “Also, I’m buying Manchester United ur welcome.”