Major controversy over X: Musk wants to buy Ryanair after a dispute with its CEO

Major controversy over X: Musk wants to buy Ryanair after a dispute with its CEO

Elon Musk Polls His Followers: Should He Buy Ryanair and Fire Michael O'Leary? Poll Grabs 770,000 Votes, 76.9% in Favor Billionaire Elon Musk sparked a heated debate on his X platform after launching a poll asking his followers whether he should buy the Irish low-cost airline Ryanair, in a notable escalation of the ongoing feud between him and the company's CEO, Michael O'Leary. Poll Results: Overwhelming Majority in Favor Approximately 769,840 users participated in the poll, with 76.9% supporting the idea of Musk acquiring the company, compared to 23.1% who opposed it. It's worth noting that Musk is known for using polls to inform major decisions, as he did before acquiring Twitter (now X) in 2022. Roots of the Dispute: Ryanair's Rejection of Starlink Service The dispute began after O'Leary refused to equip his company's aircraft with Starlink satellite internet service, owned by Musk's SpaceX. O'Leary described the cost as "outrageous," no…

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