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Elon Musk now wants to buy Coca-Cola next and vows to ‘put cocaine back in’

Published 10:40 28 Apr 2022 BST

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Wouldn't put it past him at this point

According to yet another off the cuff tweet, Elon Musk wants to buy Coca-Cola following his whirlwind Twitter takeover and wants to put cocaine back in the recipe. We'd call it as ridiculous as it sounds but we thought that last time... https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1519480761749016577?s=20&t=3eykKS-2x33I5PJ9-MLwbw Moreover, as you can see in the tweet sent on Thursday, the 50-year-old billionaire didn't so much as state his desire to purchase the soft-drink giant - rather he suggested that he is "buying" them, Joke or not, if you were to put money on anyone who would even entertain the notion of acquiring the multinational mega-corporation, which owns over 500 brands - at least 20 of which are reported to earn over $1bn a year - it would be Musk. Cocaine was said to have been included as a trace ingredient in John Pemberton's original medicinal tonic recipe back in 1885, however, it goes without saying that this would absolutely not be allowed. Just as night follows days, he followed up the tweet with yet another meme, joking that he "can't do miracles" in regards to fixing all the over ice cream machines at McDonald's. https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1519495982723084290?s=20&t=3eykKS-2x33I5PJ9-MLwbw The world's richest man issued his first statement following his social media, stating that he aims to restore "free speech" to the platform and create a true "digital town square", where all human accounts are authenticated and bots are a thing of the past. The deal was estimated to have cost $44bn (£34.5bn) - barely a scratch on his $264.6bn (approximately £222.2bn) net worth; Musk is said to be more wealthy than Bill Gates and Warren Buffet combined.