Elon Musk duped by fake news on Michael Jordan's Trump support
Elon Musk believed Michael Jordan would vote for Donald Trump in the U.S. presidential election. This fake news appeared on the Visegrad24 account on platform X, which Musk owns. The authors quickly deleted the post, but before that happened, Musk managed to comment under it with "cool."
5:36 PM EST, November 4, 2024
In the U.S., a fake news story has been circulating for some time, claiming that the famous basketball player Michael Jordan was going to support Donald Trump. However, the six-time NBA champion has not made such a declaration. Jordan's representatives have assured the Daily Mail's editorial staff that the 61-year-old has not publicly supported any of the candidates.
On Monday, the fake news was also shared by the Visegrad24 account on platform X. A few minutes later, the post was deleted. However, before that happened, it managed to attract the attention of Elon Musk, who openly supports Trump in the elections. The message he saw was commented on by the billionaire with one word: "cool".
Right-wing platform spreads fake news
Visegrad24 is a popular channel on platform X. It has over 1.1 million followers.
As reported by OKO.press, Visegrad24 has several notable fake news stories to its credit. Among them are reports about Leonardo DiCaprio donating 10 million dollars to Ukraine, and Polish politicians supporting the idea to create a Polish-Ukrainian Union.
As revealed in 2022 by Wirtualna Polska, the then Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki allocated close to 370,000 dollars for the activities of the geopolitical service of the same name, which adds additional controversy around the financing of such accounts.
