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Financial service Bloomberg wrote late last week, citing its sources, that Musk’s takeover of Twitter could also be affected. “The reports are wrong,” White House spokeswoman Karine Jean-Pierre said Monday. “The thing about verification related to national security, that’s not true.”

Such an investigation would allow US authorities to prohibit transactions if they determine that they harm the national security of the country. This usually involves the takeover of American companies by foreign companies. That wouldn’t be the case if Musk bought Twitter. However, the tech billionaire recently caused a stir with two foreign policy advances that drew criticism from him.

He proposed making Taiwan a “special administrative region” under Chinese rule. The government in Taipei dismissed this as “unacceptable”. Musk also called for Ukraine to give up Crimea, which Russia has illegally annexed, and agree to a UN-controlled referendum in its territories occupied by Russian troops.

Musk is the boss of the electric car maker Tesla and the value of his shares in the company currently makes him the richest person in the world. Since Tesla has a large factory in Shanghai, which is very important to the company, the public has previously raised concerns that Musk could, for example, curtail freedom of speech around China on Twitter in order to be on good terms with the leadership. in Beijing.

The tech billionaire negotiated a deal to buy Twitter in the spring, then tried to get out of the takeover — and finally relented. The purchase could be completed in the coming days. Musk announced, among other things, that he would bring ex-President Donald Trump, who had been banned from Twitter, back to the platform. Trump was fired from Twitter after he posted a video speaking positively about his supporters storming the Capitol in Washington on January 6, 2021. (sda/dpa)