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Todd Spangler NY Digital Editor Hedge fund billionaire Nelson Peltz, the activist investor who launched an unsuccessful proxy fight to shake up Disney’s board, said he’s responsible for connecting Elon Musk and Donald Trump. Peltz, founding partner and CEO of investment firm Trian Partners, made the claim during the CNBC Delivering Alpha conference Wednesday.

Investor Nelson Peltz believes he “played matchmaker” for Donald Trump and Elon Musk at a breakfast together in late spring with Peltz’ son Diesel. He says he’s friends with the Tesla billionaire, who was recently named the president elect’s cost-cutter-in-chief, and that he’s looking forward to Trump’s next term

President Joe Biden shakes hands with the President-Elect, Donald Trump, in a meeting at the White House on Wednesday (November 13) in Washington, DC.

Todd Spangler NY Digital Editor Don Lemon, a one-time business partner of Elon Musk who’s now suing the tech mogul, is done with X. The journalist and former CNN anchor announced that he’s leaving X before Nov.

The Last Dinner Party has become the latest band to quit X/Twitter, citing the platform’s “spread of misinformation and right-wing political bias”.Since Elon Musk took over the social media platform in October 2022, misinformation and right-wing content has become more rife. Numerous public figures, including Elton John, KISS‘ Gene Simmons, Whoopi Goldbergand Neil Young all quit the platform shortly after Musk’s takeover.There has been a further exodus of users from X/Twitter after Donald Trump was re-elected as President of the United States last week.

Zack Sharf Digital News Director Jamie Lee Curtis is no longer on X. The Oscar-winning actor announced on Instagram that she’s deactivated her X account, writing in the caption: “God, grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change. Courage to change the things I can.

The U.K. publication The Guardian will no longer post on X, formerly Twitter, owned by Elon Musk.

The Guardian will no longer post content on Elon Musk‘s X, calling the social media platform “toxic” for the prevalence of conspiracy theories and for its owner’s ability to use it to “shape political discourse.”

Elon Musk has responded to claims made by Saturday Night Live comedian Chloe Fineman, alleging that he once made her cry when he co-hosted the show.In a now-deleted TikTok post, Fineman said the Tesla CEO upset her when he hosted the comedy sketch series in 2021.According to Fineman, she worked through the night on her sketch during the week Musk was hosting the show. When she presented her sketch to him, he allegedly critiqued her writing and told her he wasn’t the least bit amused.Chloe Fineman deleted the video after it was up for a few hours. Luckily I saved it…in it she says Elon Musk did not like her sketch: “You made I, Chloe Fineman burst into tears because I stayed up late writing a sketch.

Ellise Shafer U.K. publication The Guardian will no longer post on X, the social media platform previously known as Twitter that has been taken over by Elon Musk.

Donald Trump said that he has tapped Elon Musk, working along with Vivek Ramaswamy, to lead what he calls the Department of Government Efficiency — or DOGE, a nod to cryptocurrency.

Gene Maddaus Senior Media Writer President-elect Donald Trump assigned Elon Musk on Tuesday to “dismantle” the U.S. bureaucracy, and named a longtime Fox News host, Pete Hegseth, to lead the Pentagon. Musk, the billionaire CEO of SpaceX and Tesla, had offered himself during the campaign as someone who could cut waste out of the federal budget.

Zack Sharf Digital News Director Elon Musk responded to Chloe Fineman‘s revelation that he made her cry during the week he hosted “Saturday Night Live” by doubling down on how much he worried that his episode would be unfunny. Musk hosted “SNL” in May 2021. “Frankly, it was only on the Thursday before the Saturday that ANY of the sketches generated laughs,” Musk wrote on X.

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in May 2021.The comedian, 36, took aim at the Tesla founder, 53, following his scathing comments about the iconic show being a “dying” art.“I just saw some news article about Elon Musk being butt hurt about ‘SNL’ and his impression,” Fineman said in a now-deleted TikTok video shared Monday. “But I’m like, ‘You’re clearly watching the show.

Anna Tingley Since Kamala Harris’ presidential election loss last Tuesday, many disappointed voters have criticized the Democratic party for a misdirected campaign that ultimately lost them the election — including their prioritization of celebrity endorsements, an outsized focus on social issues, such as abortion rights instead of the economy, and ignoring large swaths of the population, such as young, male voters. However, John Oliver urges people to stop playing the blame game.

Elon Musk has reacted to Saturday Night Live‘s (SNL) parody of him following Donald Trump‘s election win last week – see what the Tesla and X owner had to say.The Republican nominee won the required number of electoral college votes in the November 5 election to secure the presidency for the second time, also defeating Democrat candidate Kamala Harris in the popular vote.On the November 9 episode of SNL, comedian Dana Carvey debuted his new impression of Musk, which came during the episode’s cold open in which the cast jokingly claimed they had been supporting him all along in fear of being hunted down.For the impression, Carvey jumped up and down and danced before breaking out an exaggerated South African accent: “Check it out: dark MAGA. Yeah! But seriously, I run the country now.

the cold opening skit, the cast members cheekily showed allegiance to President-elect Donald Trump following his historic victory over Vice President Kamala Harris.Dana Carvey – who previously played President Joe Biden – made an unexpected appearance as Musk, 53, who backed Trump, 78, in the race.“Check it out dark MAGA,” the 69-year-old comedian said while impersonating the Tesla founder in a black MAGA hat. “But seriously, I run the country now,” he added.Musk lashed out at Carvey and “SNL” on his own social media platform, X (formerly Twitter), on Sunday.

Thin-skinned as usual, Elon Musk is doing his best impression of Donald Trump in his ire over Dana Carvey‘s newly unveiled impression of him.

Ethan Shanfeld The cast of “Saturday Night Live” faked audiences out by praising Donald Trump in the series’ first episode after his election. In the cold open, cast members somberly discussed Trump’s victory and warned that “now, thanks to the Supreme Court, there are no guardrails.” “And that is why, we at ‘SNL’ would like to say to Donald Trump: We have been with you all along,” Kenan Thompson added. “We have never wavered in our support of you, even when others doubted you!” Bowen Yang added sarcastically, before Sarah Sherman said, “Every single person on this stage believed in you.” “Every single person on this stage voted for you!” added Marcello Hernández.

The cast of Saturday Night Live cheekily pledged their allegiance to President-elect Donald Trump and claimed they all voted for him in the first cold open since Tuesday’s historic election.The skit began with cast members solemnly discussing how Trump’s win over Democratic Vice President Kamala Harris would be “shocking” and “horrifying” for many of the liberal-leaning show’s viewers.They then said that Trump might seek “vengeance” against political opponents, leading long-time cast member Kenan Thompson to say, “We at SNL would like to say to Donald Trump, we have been with you all along.”“We have never wavered in our support of you, even when others doubted you,” Bowen Yang said sarcastically, followed by each of the main cast members talking about how much they love, and have always loved, the president-elect.“Weekend Update” anchor Colin Jost then said that fellow anchor Michael Che is the only person against Trump.“I hate how the lamestream media, Michael Che, has to spin it to make you look foolish,” he said.Dana Carvey – who previously appeared as President Joe Biden – showed up to the stage portraying Elon Musk.“Check it out dark MAGA,” Carvey said while jumping up and down.“But seriously, I run the country now.”Comedian Bill Burr hosted the late-night show and gave an opening comedy monologue in which he roasted both Harris and Trump.Burr, during his 15-minute long monologue, said he was “psyched” the election is over, leaning into Harris and former Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton for wearing pants suits during their failed political runs against Trump.“Ladies, enough with the pantsuits; it’s not working,” Burr said.“Stop trying to have respect for yourselves.