The richest men in the world in the small rows on X

The world’s richest men have reignited a long-running feud on social media after Elon Musk appeared to encourage Jeff Bezos over claims he predicted a Trump loss in the 2024 election.

Musk, worth $331 billion, suggested Amazon founder Bezos, worth $226 billion, had told shareholders he should sell his Tesla and SpaceX shares before the election result, which what could have been bad news for owner X if Kamala Harris had entered.

“I just found out tonight at Mar-a-Lago that Jeff Bezos was telling everyone that Donald Trump is going to lose for sure so he should sell all of his Tesla and SpaceX stock,” he posted on social media.

Bezos, a rival in the space business, responded to X’s post, writing: “No. 100% not true.”

Their exchange raised the prospect of two of the world’s richest men rekindling a long-running feud.

Bezos also owns The Washington Post and has blocked the publication’s editorial section from endorsing a candidate in the race.

The publication had planned to endorse Kamala Harris.

He said the action was necessary to help restore trust in the media, but the disapproval sparked a backlash from readers, with more than 200,000 people canceling their digital subscriptions in the first days after the news.

Musk, however, is campaigning for Trump and has reportedly spent more than $100 million to boost his election candidacy.

He has been ever since appointed as joint head of a newly created department called the Department of Government Efficiency or DOGE.