Elon Musk ran a poll on Sunday asking users whether he should “step down as head of Twitter,” and MSNBC’s Joe Scarborough noted that it’s in his best interest to do so.
While discussing the poll, which concluded with 57.5 percent voting yes, 42.5 percent voting no, on Monday’s edition of “Morning Joe,” Scarborough stated that those with significant stakes in Tesla stock are rooting for Musk to leave as head of the social media platform.
“Some of the people who are probably happiest about the results of this poll, if in fact, Elon bides by it, are the shareholders and those who have the largest stake in Tesla that are cheering for him and SpaceX, who actually want Elon Musk to succeed in his business ventures,” Scarborough said.
“It has been disastrous. All of this has been disastrous for Tesla stock. So it’ll be curious to see if he does leave, though. It’s actually in his best interest.”
Furthermore, Scarborough likens Musk to the founder of the Ford Motor Company, Henry Ford, when echoing his statement that the Twitter owner should go back to handling Tesla and SpaceX because that’s what he knows and running a social media outlet appears to be out of his realm.
“It reminds me again, and I’m sure you remember the story, you know, Henry Ford again created the modern age, created the assembly line, created the America that we know. And, of course, he was brilliant at it,” Scarborough said.
“But the second he stepped out of that, he went up, I think, the Capitol Hill to testify. People were shocked at how limited his knowledge was. He knew how to do one thing exceedingly well and created the modern age by doing that. But when he got out of his lane, things didn’t go quite so well.”
Eduardo Razo is the Assistant Content Editor for BNM, which includes writing daily news stories on the news media industry. He can be found on Twitter @eddierazo_ or you can reach him by email at eddie1991razo@gmail.com.
