Jeff Bezos responds to Elon Musk’s accusations in rare X post. What Amazon billionaire said

Elon Musk recently accused Jeff Bezos of asking people to sell Tesla and SpaceX stock while claiming that Donald Trump would certainly lose the election.

Published on: Nov 23, 2024, 10:21:16 IST

By Sanya Jain

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Elon Musk recently accused Jeff Bezos of asking people to sell Tesla and SpaceX stock while claiming that Donald Trump would certainly lose the election. The Amazon founder has categorically denied these accusations, calling them “100% not true” in a rare X post.

Jeff Bezos vs Elon Musk: Who said what over Donald Trump election. (File Photo)

Elon Musk vs Jeff Bezos

Tesla CEO Elon Musk was one of Donald Trump’s most vocal and visible campaigners during the run-up to the US presidential election. After Donald Trump won the election, the world’s richest man even found a place in his administration - he was appointed head of the US Department of Government Efficiency.

Musk, however, has accused fellow billionaire Jeff Bezos of claiming that Donald Trump would lose the election, causing the stock of his companies, Tesla and SpaceX, to plummet.

(Also read: ‘Jeff Bezos told everyone Donald Trump would surely lose US elections': Elon Musk)

“Just learned tonight at Mar-a-Lago that Jeff Bezos was telling everyone that Donald Trump would lose for sure, so they should sell all their Tesla and SpaceX stock,” Musk wrote on X.

Jeff Bezos refuted the claim in a rare X post - his first since November 6 when he broke his four-month silence to congratulate Donald Trump.

“Nope. 100% not true,” the billionaire founder of Amazon wrote in response to Musk’s post.

“Well, then, I stand corrected,” Musk replied with a laughing face emoji.

Elon Musk, the CEO of Tesla and SpaceX, spent more than $130 million on Donald Trump’s reelection campaign. He has been photographed at Mar-a-Lago, Trump's Florida resort, since the election.

Musk’s post accusing Jeff Bezos suggested that his association with Trump would cause Tesla and SpaceX stock to crash if the Republican lost the US presidential election.

(Also read: Elon Musk is officially the richest he's ever been with a $70 billion jump in net worth post-Trump's win)

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Sanya Jain
Sanya Jain is an Assistant Editor with Hindustan Times Digital. She has nearly a decade of experience in covering offbeat stories that speak to the everyday experience - from viral videos to human interest copies that spark conversation. Her interests stretch across business, pop culture, social media trends, entertainment and global affairs. Before joining Hindustan Times, Sanya spent two years with Moneycontrol and five years with NDTV. She holds an undergraduate degree in English literature from St Stephen’s College, Delhi, and a master’s in journalism from the Xavier Institute of Communications, Mumbai. Sanya has a sharp eye for spotting emerging trends and looking for newsworthy angles to elevate viral posts into meaningful narratives. She was the first one, for example, to cover Narayana Murthy’s remark on 70-hour work weeks that sparked a national conversation. She is equally at ease writing about business leaders as about the common man, about issues of national importance and memes that amuse social media. Sanya enjoys speaking with content creators, newsmakers and entrepreneurs to transform everyday moments into engaging, slice-of-life stories that resonate with readers. When she is not working, Sanya can be found curled up with a good book. Born and raised in Lucknow, she has spent the last several years in Delhi. She is deeply interested in animal welfare and now spends a lot of her time running after her destructive orange cat.Read More

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