Elon Musk saves $44bn

By not buying Twitter…

https://twitter.com/skynewsbreak/status/1545520748592242689?s=21&t=giLvWj9BUYH1RvFpWOY3fg

I wonder if he fancies a football club..

They were never going to allow him own twitter. It's a state security asset.

Twitter suing

https://twitter.com/btaylor/status/1545526087089696768?s=21&t=hS10szzzQcNG49u7IOv-1A

Originally Posted by armchair

They were never going to allow him own twitter. It's a state security asset.

Hes the one who pulled out.

Ralph Nader saged it some weeks back:

https://twitter.com/RalphNader/status/1527782948522565633

If twitter takes him to court to close the transaction he is finished.

All because of his fragile ego.

Originally Posted by saffers

Hes the one who pulled out.

Ralph Nader saged it some weeks back:

https://twitter.com/RalphNader/statu...82948522565633

If twitter takes him to court to close the transaction he is finished.

All because of his fragile ego.

I bet you a billion dollars he's not. He gave himself an out when they refused to give him key data re bots. Lots of takeovers fail at the due diligence stage. You can't force people to buy something when they've discovered it's a fraud.

Originally Posted by saffers

If twitter takes him to court to close the transaction he is finished.

All because of his fragile ego.

Will come down to the lawyers but he'll prob end up paying the break fee of $1bn, or maybe a bit less.

Originally Posted by armchair

I bet you a billion dollars he's not. He gave himself an out when they refused to give him key data re bots. Lots of takeovers fail at the due diligence stage. You can't force people to buy something when they've discovered it's a fraud.

This. Any number of things can happen to stop a takeover even once agreed in principle. He might just not have liked the numbers after looking at them in detail.

That said, I don't think he ever had any intention of buying twitter, I think it was just one of his flights of fancy or an attempt to manipulate some share price or other. The man's an arse. A genius maybe, but still an arse.

Didn't think he knew how to pull out

https://twitter.com/Andst7/status/1545429175611412481

Originally Posted by red red robbo

This. Any number of things can happen to stop a takeover even once agreed in principle. He might just not have liked the numbers after looking at them in detail.

That said, I don't think he ever had any intention of buying twitter, I think it was just one of his flights of fancy or an attempt to manipulate some share price or other. The man's an arse. A genius maybe, but still an arse.

Only thing wrong in that post is saying he might be a genius. He isn’t.

Originally Posted by Jammy Dodger

Only thing wrong in that post is saying he might be a genius. He isn’t.

He's at least a genius at manipulation and self-promotion.

Originally Posted by armchair

He's at least a genius at manipulation and self-promotion.

Yeah this. I wasn't suggesting he was responsible for any of the tech his companies produce, but he knows how to get stuff done, all he it not in a way where you would want to be one of those doing the doing.

The main reason he's trying to pull out is the Twitter share price has tanked by nearly 50% over the last 12 months as part of the huge selloff of technology equities, and he now wants to buy at a much cheaper price.

This will get very messy in the courts, as Twitter will have a strong case that an agreement was made, and he needs to pay at the agreed price.

The lawyers on both sides will be rubbing their hands, greedy c***s.

https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1546344529460174849

Originally Posted by armchair

https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1546344529460174849

He makes me laugh.

The man is a genius.

What he has done with SpaceX despite their initial failings is nothing short of fantastic.

Love him.

Originally Posted by windy waffles

The man is a genius.

What he has done with SpaceX despite their initial failings is nothing short of fantastic.

Love him.

Jammy will be along any minute to tell you he’s not a genius. Apparently we have to see everyone who might disagree with us on certain things as stupid at all times.

It would be amazing if it transpired that all these pseudo-political commentators and “social media personalities” were having their views propped up and promoted by bots.

https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1546361634347749376

Turns out freedom of speech does have a price, even for the wealthiest man in the world