Elon Musk purchased Twitter for $44 billion.
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The MeidasTouch PodcastOct 27, 2026
Multiple sources confirm that Elon Musk bought Twitter for roughly $44 billion ($54.20 per share), agreed in April 2022 and closed in October 2022. The extracted claim is a faithful statement of the post's factual premise; the post's opinions about his motives are not part of the graded claim.
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… He wanted to put his finger on the scale and just tell you, the viewer of that platform, the user of that platform, what you need to care about. And it just so happens that everything that Musk is doing over there falls right in line with the MAGA agenda. He didn't care about dropping 44 billion to purchase Twitter because he didn't need to turn a profit off of it. He wants to use it as his own little think tank, where he could push his agendas. And it's a scary thing, in my opinion, when you see that actively playing out. And then you look at the broader scale of who owns all these other social medias. …
The MeidasTouch Podcast · · from the transcriptPost →What we found
Supports. Reuters reported on April 25, 2022 that Musk clinched a deal to buy Twitter for $44 billion in cash.[1]
Supports. AP's 2026 trial coverage describes Musk's $44 billion deal to buy Twitter and states that he completed the takeover in October 2022.[2]
Supports. ABC News and USA Today report that Musk closed the acquisition in late October 2022 at a total cost of roughly $44 billion.[3][4]
Sources
4 sources: 2 fact-checkers, 2 not rated
- 1www.reuters.com · technology · exclusive-twitter-setEXCLUSIVE: Musk gets Twitter for $44 billion, to cheers and ...reuters.com · fact-checker · cited for: supports
- 2Elon Musk takes stand in shareholder trial in San Francisco ...apnews.com · fact-checker · cited for: supports
- 3A timeline of Elon Musk's tumultuous Twitter acquisitionabcnews.com · not rated · cited for: supports
- 4Elon Musk officially owns Twitter. What's next for social ...usatoday.com · not rated · cited for: supports
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