Donald Trump Jr. bantered on social media with billionaire Elon Musk and influential podcaster Joe Rogan over which MSNBC shows they’d host if Musk — as he mused over the weekend — ends up buying the network. But the posts from President-elect Donald Trump ’s eldest son took a turn when he riffed on MSNBC anchor Lawrence O’Donnell and castration.

Musk and friends have fantasized about buying liberal news network as parent company NBCUniversal plans to spin off various cable properties

Comcast will move cable news channels CNBC and MSNBC, along with other TV brands, into a new company tentatively named SpinCo.

Tesla CEO Elon Musk joked about how MSNBC would change if he bought it from Comcast. Last week, Comcast announced it will spin off a large chunk of NBCUniversal cable channels, including MSNBC. Donald Trump Jr.

Over the weekend, Donald Trump Jr. curtly joked with podcaster Joe Rogan and tech billionaire Elon Musk about MSNBC's hosts. President-elect Donald Trump’s eldest son started a conversation on Musk's social media platform,

Elon Musk has indicated that he may be interested in buying the liberal cable news network MSNBC. Donald Trump Jr. shared a post on X following news that the network’s parent company Comcast is spinning off cable TV channels into a separate company. “Hey @elonmusk I have the funniest idea ever!!!” Trump Jr. wrote.

Musk’s exchange with Trump Jr. is similar to one he had with a Twitter user in 2017 after he was encouraged to purchase the social media platform.

Why Elon Musk & Donald Trump Jr. are musing about buying MSNBC On X (formerly Twitter), Elon Musk and Donald Trump Jr. joked about buying MSNBC, raising questions about whether it is the beginning of a “media capture” strategy similar to what authoritarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban has employed in Hungrary.