Elon Musk breaks Twitter silence with photo with Pope

This handout photo obtained on July 2, 2022 from the Twitter account of Tesla chief Elon Musk shows Pope Francis (2nd from left) posing on July 1, 2022 during a private audience in The Vatican, with Musk (left), and Musk’s children Damian, Kai, Saxon and Griffin. — Handout/Elon Musk’s Twitter account/AFP

ROME: American billionaire Elon Musk on July 2 broke his silence on the Twitter social media site, which he plans to buy, posting a picture of himself with Pope Francis.

“Honored to meet @Pontifex yesterday,” Musk tweeted next to a photograph of him and four of his children with the Argentinian-born pontiff.

The location and details of the meeting were not specified by the Tesla and SpaceX boss, while the Vatican did not comment on his private audience with Pope Francis.

Last week Musk said that his US$44bil (RM193.90bil) move to take over Twitter remained held up by “very significant” questions about the number of fake users on the social network.

The richest man in the world added then that there were also questions about Twitter’s debt and whether shareholders will vote for the deal. – AFP