X CEO Elon Musk expressed support for Palantir Co-Founder Joe Lonsdale, who fired back at CNBC’s Squawk Box co-anchor Joe Kernen, suggesting that censorship constitutes the “greatest threat to the West.”
On Thursday, Musk shared a viral CNBC segment during which Lonsdale defended the tech mogul’s pledge to fight for free speech, captioning the post with a short yet powerful: “Exactly.” Earlier in the day, Kernen had asked Lonsdale whether Musk’s $44 billion purchase of Twitter was worth it, to which Lonsdale replied, “If Elon hadn’t bought Twitter- if Elon hadn’t done this, the entire west would be at 10x the threat, our civilization works, Joe because we have free speech.”
Squawk Box co-anchor Becky Quick hounded Lonsdale about X revenue falling from the loss of advertisers. Lonsdale pushed back, warning, “The revenue is down, of…
