Biden says Elon Musk’s overseas links ‘worthy of being looked at’

US President Joe Biden says Twitter's new boss Elon Musk’s relationships with other countries are “worthy of being looked at,” who has indictated that he might restore the Twitter account of Biden's 2020 presidential rival, Donald Trump. 

At a White House press conference on Wednesday, Biden was asked if "Musk is a threat to US national security and should the US, with the tools you have, investigate his joint acquisition of Twitter with foreign governments, which include the Saudis?”

Biden replied, “Elon Musk’s cooperation and/or technical relationships with other countries is worthy of being looked at."

"Whether or not he is doing anything inappropriate -- I’m not suggesting that. I’m suggesting it’s worth being looked at and that’s all I’ll say,” he added.

Musk, the CEO of electric carmaker Tesla, acquired and became CEO of the social network Twitter in a $44 billion deal that closed late last month.

Longtime shareholder Saudi Prince Alwaleed bin Talal has emerged as the second-largest investor in Twitter after Musk’s takeover of the social media platform.

The kingdom of Qatar also participated in Musk’s Twitter deal.

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Twitter's new CEO, not a fan of Biden, has this year accused the Democratic president of ignoring his electric vehicle venture, Tesla, despite its success.

Musk has previously voted Democrat but now has sworn to vote Republican.

Officials within Biden’s administration have closely been watching Musk’s purchase of Twitter since they are concerned the new CEO will allow Trump and other Republican operatives who were banned from Twitter to return to the social platform.

“Now, Trump will use Twitter to do far more damage to regain power in 2022 and 2024 while Elon Musk has given no indication that he will do anything to stop him,” said Mary Anne Marsh, a veteran Democratic strategist.

Trump, who had more than 88 million followers, has been permanently banned from the platform for spreading false information in the wake of the Jan. 6, 2021 violent protest on Capitol Hill.

On January 6, 2021, Trump supporters occupied the US Capitol while lawmakers were in the process of reviewing the certification of state electors which indicated Biden's victory. Some Trump supporters had hoped that this process could have resulted in some of the electors being disqualified, thus overturning the outcome of the presidential election.

It is claimed by some that the demonstrators were infiltrated and incited by provocateurs from US intelligence agencies, who orchestrated the “false flag operation” in order to get rid of Trump.

Some among the crowd clashed with police, and some made threats to beat up a number of Democratic lawmakers. Some also inflicted damage on parts of the Capitol building.

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