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No, Elon Musk didn’t say he’s ‘officially buying McDonald’s’
Billionaire Elon Musk owns X and also serves as the CEO of Tesla and SpaceX. Now, a recent Facebook post claims he’s about to "dip his toes into fast food" by buying up the golden arches.
"Musk has officially announced: ‘I am officially buying McDonald’s,’" a narrator says in a video shared in an Oct. 30 Facebook post.
The video’s caption says: "Elon Musk: ‘I am officially buying McDonald’s."
But the video itself offers no evidence to support the claim.
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The video discusses McDonald’s as a company and muses about why Musk would be interested in acquiring it. But as far as we can tell, he’s not.
We looked for but found no credible evidence, such as news reports, public statements or press releases, to corroborate the claim in this post.
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Back in 2022, Musk posted on what was then Twitter that if McDonald’s accepted the digital cryptocurrency Dogecoin, Msuk would "eat a Happy Meal on TV."
McDonald’s responded with a purple coin bearing the face of one of its characters, Grimace, and said: "Only if @tesla accepts grimacecoin."
We rate claims Musk said he’s buying McDonald’s False.
Our Sources
Facebook post, Oct. 30, 2024
Inc., A Perfect Response From McDonald’s to Elon Musk’s Offer to Eat a Happy Meal on TV (and More Lessons Learned From 2022), Dec. 28, 2022
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