Musk breaks silence on Twitter, posts a picture with the pope

Reuters

Published Jul 02, 2022 06:38

Updated Jul 02, 2022 14:15

(Reuters) - Elon Musk on Friday night broke his nine-day silence on Twitter (NYSE:TWTR), the social media platform he is trying to buy for $44 billion, posting a picture of him meeting Pope Francis on Thursday.

The world's richest person tweeted a picture where he can be seen standing next to the pope, captioning it: "Honored to meet @pontifex yesterday."

Musk's four teenage boys are also pictured, but not his 18-year-old transgender daughter who, on June 20 sought to change her name and sever ties with him. Musk has a total of eight children.