Tesla shareholders: So you’re gonna focus on Full Self-Driving, margins, and reclaiming the EV throne… right?

Elon: Best I can do is Twitter beef with a random airline company…

(Yes, I took the time to create this meme).

Somewhere between a Ryanair middle seat and Elon Musk’s X feed, the dumbest billionaire beef of the month officially took off.

Over the holiday weekend, Elon Musk decided that the real problem facing global aviation wasn’t fuel prices, labor shortages, or Boeing bolts falling off mid-flight… it was Michael O’Leary still having a job. (No, he’s not related to Mr. Wonderful… I checked).

This all started because O’Leary (Europe’s most aggressive Irish airline executive) explained why SpaceX Starlink won’t be coming to Ryanair planes anytime soon. The short version: antennas add weight, weight adds drag, drag burns fuel, and Ryanair passengers would rather raw-dog a two-hour flight than pay $1 for internet.

That explanation did not go over well in Elon Land. Musk quickly declared that O’Leary “needs to be fired,” then escalated straight to the bossmode option: What if I just buy the airline?

(Source: The Guardian)

Naturally, this thought was immediately converted into an X poll asking his 230+ million followers whether he should purchase Ryanair and “restore Ryan as their rightful ruler.”  About 77% voted yes… which means the other 23% were almost certainly airline executives on burner accounts, desperately trying to avoid competing with Elon in the least profitable business model known to mankind.

As if the situation needed more internet energy, Alexis Ohanian (Reddit co-founder and certified timeline addict) popped in to remind everyone that yes, this is extremely entertaining… provided you’re not checking Ryanair in your portfolio app.

O’Leary, for his part, responded like a man who has spent decades charging people to print boarding passes. He dismissed Musk entirely, questioned his understanding of aviation physics, and described X as a “cesspit.” This of course made Musk even angrier.

(Source: Marketwatch)

Ryanair’s official account (arguably the most unhinged corporate social media other than Wendy’s) then decided to poke the bear even harder. One post asked what propaganda users weren’t falling for. To which Ryanair responded with “Wi-Fi on planes,” which caused Musk to completely lose the plot and double down on his “fire the CEO” campaign.

Unfortunately for Elon, reality still exists.

Ryanair carries a roughly $33 billion price tag, which even for the world’s richest man is not exactly “oops, I bought an airline” money unless boredom has peaked and Tesla stock is having a religious experience. 

O’Leary also owns a meaningful chunk of the company, just locked in a monster bonus, and presided over a stock that jumped 55% last year. Translation: no one is walking him out of headquarters with a cardboard box because Elon got mad online.

Still, the entire episode perfectly captures modern CEO culture: billionaires arguing about airplane antennas on social media while normal people just want to land on time with their knees intact.

As for the real question: Will Musk actually buy Ryanair? Unless he sells, Twitter, probably not. Will this stop him from asking? Also no.

Also, it’s becoming increasingly clear that Elon may have bought Twitter solely to start beefs and monetize them.

At the time of publishing this article, Stocks.News holds positions in Tesla as mentioned in the article.