Bloomberg: Musk Counsels Trump on Crypto! Musk: ummmmm, no.

Bloomberg assigned no fewer than three reporters to concoct a story about Elon Musk somehow “counseling” Donald Trump on the topic of crypto currency. It’s a fairly long story with a lot of alleged details obtained from - you guessed it - unnamed sources.

Just one problem: Musk says none of it is true.

Here’s how Musk responded to the story on X:

“Pretty sure I’ve never discussed crypto with Trump, although I am generally in favor of things that shift power from government to the people, which crypto can do” he says.

Oh.

Just for grins, here’s an excerpt from the story at Bloomberg:

Elon Musk and Donald Trump are discussing cryptocurrency policy as the former president increasingly highlights Bitcoin and other digital assets on the campaign trail as a way to reach new voters, according to a person familiar with the talks.

Trump campaign officials have also talked about the possibility of inviting Musk to speak at the Republican convention, according to a person with knowledge of those discussions, but are still far from making a final decision. The person familiar, who spoke on condition of anonymity to detail the talks, did not know if anyone had yet broached the subject with Musk himself.

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You just cannot make this stuff up, folks - you have to leave the making-it-up part to legacy media outlets like Bloomberg.

That is all.