After buying Twitter in a hostile takeover, the world’s richest man teased followers about his next target: Coca-Cola. And if that wasn’t enough to leave people in a frenzy online, he added he’ll buy the cold drink major to ‘put the cocaine back in’.
Weeks after Musk expressed his desire to buy Twitter, scrap its content moderation policies and transform the publicly traded company into a private one, things came to a head-on Monday as the social media major announced it had accepted the SpaceX and Tesla CEO’s offer to buy the company for about $44 billion.
“Next I’m buying Coca-Cola to put the cocaine back in,” he tweeted, referring to the carbonated drink’s original recipe when in 1886 it was launched as a tonic for various ailments. Soon, in a few hours, the tweet went viral, garnering over 2 million likes on the platform.
He also shared a screenshot of a previous tweet where he said he is “going to buy McDonald’s and fix all the ice cream machines”. He jokingly responded to himself with “Listen, I can’t do miracles ok”.
Next I’m buying Coca-Cola to put the cocaine back in
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) April 28, 2022
Listen, I can’t do miracles ok pic.twitter.com/z7dvLMUXy8
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) April 28, 2022
However, according to Bloomberg, it might not be a dream that even Musk with all his accumulated wealth can achieve easily. While Musk’s own fortune currently stands at $253 billion, the beverage supergiant is away over with a market cap of $284 billion, the report added.
But that hasn’t deterred netizens from jumping on the bandwagon and churning out memes and jokes to imagine what it would look like if Musk can actually do it. Soon hashtags, #CocaCola and #ElonMusk dominated trends worldwide with many wondering what would be the “next company in his cart”. While some came up with requests such as McDonald’s and YouTube, others couldn’t imagine what would happen if he actually starts considering it.
This is the first publicly sold bottle of Coca-Cola in 1894 which contained 3.5 grams of cocaine. Bring it back. pic.twitter.com/Q05JqrCrel
— Pranay Pathole (@PPathole) April 28, 2022
New packaging? pic.twitter.com/YjBPvXYNF9
— Baby Doge (@BabyDogeCoin) April 28, 2022
— Trung Phan (@TrungTPhan) April 28, 2022
Elon Musk pic.twitter.com/BfGWTFxrSX
— bhaavna arora (@BhaavnaArora) April 28, 2022
Public expectations from Elon Musk: pic.twitter.com/U6AW2zVpWA
— رومانا (@RomanaRaza) April 28, 2022
Coca-Cola ads laughing at accident scene after Elon Musk takeover pic.twitter.com/UOHlkfJsyA
— ADNIKO (@ADNIKO_) April 28, 2022
#CocaCola
Elon Musk After taking over Twitter pic.twitter.com/7s2glkuYgA— Tweetera🐦 (@DoctorrSays) April 28, 2022
Elon Musk to buy #CocaCola Next
Coca cola CEO to #ElonMusk be like:- pic.twitter.com/W5iXUpBxD2
— Devyani Kohli (@DevyaniKohli1) April 28, 2022
Elon Musk after he buys Coca-Cola and ends its production once & for all: pic.twitter.com/ClafbGPcFT
— Hemant (@Sportscasmm) April 28, 2022
Taste the cocaine feelings..
I knew this man would set the whole world “High”#CocaCola #ElonMusk pic.twitter.com/pDo6HMl7Yy— Babu Bhaiya (@BabuParody) April 28, 2022
