Donald Trump, Elon Musk Almost Partnered To Buy Washington Post, Spox Reveals

Donald Trump and Elon Musk allegedly considered teaming up to purchase The Washington Post.

A spokeswoman for Trump's media company, which owns the social media platform Truth Social, made the claim in a statement sent to the Post in response to its new report on the two billionaires. Enstarz could not independently verify this information.

"We heard Trump and Musk were actually discussing buying the Washington Post but they decided it had no value," Trump Media spokeswoman Shannon Devine said.

The Post, citing two unnamed sources, reported that Trump offered to sell Truth Social to the Tesla and SpaceX CEO last summer.

No deal materialized, but Trump has continued to tell his inner circle that Musk should buy Truth Social, according to the publication.

The offer reportedly showed that Trump and Musk have been in contact more than was previously known.

The Republican presidential candidate recently met with Musk and GOP donors in Palm Beach, Florida, the sources told the Post.

After the meeting was reported by The New York Times, Musk wrote on X, formerly Twitter, that he is "not donating money to either candidate for US President."

When asked about the Truth Social offer and his reported meetings with Trump, Musk told the Post that he had "never been to Mar-a-Lago," Trump's Palm Beach home.

But in an interview with CNBC's "Squawk Box" Monday, Trump confirmed that he recently met with the billionaire.

However, he said he didn't know whether his presidential campaign would eventually get Musk's support.

Trump said he's been "friendly" with Musk over the years and likes the X owner, but they have "opposing views" on electric cars.

While he's "all for" electric cars, Trump listed some of his gripes about them, saying, "They don't go far. They cost too much, and they're all going to be made in China."

Tesla has plants in the U.S., Germany, and China.

Musk previously slammed then-Twitter's ban of Trump's account following the Jan. 6 Capitol attack, calling it a "morally bad decision" and "foolish in the extreme," the Associated Press reported.

Just weeks after finalizing his acquisition of the platform in October 2022, Musk reinstated Trump's account.

However, Trump has focused more on posting on Truth Social to create financial value for and entice more users to join his social media platform, unnamed sources close to him told the Washington Post.

Following his reactivation of the former president's account on X, Musk tweeted that he was "fine with Trump not tweeting."

"The important thing is that Twitter correct a grave mistake in banning his account, despite no violation of the law or terms of service," the Tesla CEO added. "Deplatforming a sitting President undermined public trust in Twitter for half of America."