Billionaire Elon Musk has been widely criticised after purchasing Twitter instead of "curing world hunger".
The purchase was confirmed on April 26, and weighed in at $44billion.
Musk has come under particular fire over a previous incident in which he said he would give $6billion to "cure world hunger" if the UN was able to present him with a comprehensive plan of how the money would be used.
But when the UN presented the world's richest man with such a plan, the money was allegedly not forthcoming, according to Brian Tyler Cohen.
The host of the No Lie podcast Tweeted: “Elon Musk told the United Nations he would give them $6 billion to end world hunger if they should him a detailed plan of how they would use the money.
“They called his bluff and gave him their plan – and then they never got the money.
"Now he's buying Twitter for $43billion.”
Musk donated around £5billion to charity shortly after the United Nations world hunger challenge he laid out to them, though not to the UN.
Charitable donations are tax deductible in the United States, with the IRS stating on their website : "You may deduct charitable contributions of money or property made to qualified organizations if you itemize your deductions."
The deal Musk struck to purchase Twitter amounted to $44 billion.
Meanwhile, the federal budget of the Biden administration is set to include $44.9 billion across departments specifically dedicated to tackling the climate crisis, only slightly more than Musk's spending spree.
Political commentator Ash Sarkar wrote: “I just don't think Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos and Rupert Murdoch being able to buy up swathes of our information infrastructure in between divorces and bong rips is an ideal foundation for a democracy.”
Berkeley professor and former Secretary of Labor Robert Reich did not confine his comments to Musk, tweeting: "Zuckerberg owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp.
"Jeff Bezos owns the Washington Post.
"Elon Musk owns Twitter.
"When multi-billionaires take control of our most vital platforms for communication, it’s not a win for free speech. It’s a win for oligarchy."
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