Elon Musk Backs Out Of Twitter Deal

Twitter is vowing a legal fight after Elon Musk calls it quits on the $44 billion deal to acquire the social media company. David Gura weighs in on whether he has a strong enough case to back out.

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[Brian-_]

I don't think he was serious about it anyway but I wonder what happens to that 1 billion dollar penalty

[AlfieGoodrich]

Didnt the SEC find him guilty of manipulating stock prices back in 2018? And is that not part of what he's been doing here?

[Acer_Maximinus]

Musk saw something bothersome at these hearings and decided Dolt 45s Twitter account wasn’t worth it.

[px]

I mean c’mon he’s on 24/7 don’t tell me he wasn’t aware of the bots? I feel like he rushed in buying Twitter off some kind of personal vengeance and show offish trip he had with his competitors. Rich people problems 🤦🏻‍♂️

[SanjaySharma-ecyr]

All a grift to commit stock manipulation

[jacklily]

The SEC should fine him many "parking tickets" if he's guilty. Just like they would anyone else

[Preetvnd]

Well, this was the most expensive impulse buys ever.

[unitedwestand]

"my first hyperloop will be completed in 5 years" - elon musk 6 years ago/"I will complete the first manned mars landing in 10 yrs" - elon musk 11 yrs ago

[Scarter]

I cancelled my Tesla order after his post about owning the libs. F him, I'll buy an F-150.

[jussayin]

The Musk mouth works faster than the Musk brain.

[Serai]

Well, there's a shock. I may faint, I'm so shocked.

[jbifulco]

Called it then, common sense to see Tesla’s market share would go down, and twitter is a cesspool not worth 44 billion.
Going to LOVE watching Musk squirm on this hook.

[eparigon]

of course hes pulling out, because he isnt genuine or serious in any way. its time people understand who this guy really is.

[roberthollingsworth]

Can't wait for all the Elon fan boys to start screaming about this actually being a genius move on Musks part. LMAO

[Longtack]

The last trading day before the announcement was April 1st. Many people predicted this brain-fart by Musk was a puerile reaction to Trumpski's sulking.

[Applejuice]

Elon Musk treated this deal like he did Dogecoin. He was never serious; in fact he can’t afford it. Dude is bipolar!

[leonardmilcin]

1B is a lot of money. Twitter can get unlimited amount of lawyer time for even small part of this. No, they will not let it slide.

[petergriffiinbirdistheword]

🤡 He never intended to buy Twitter. Kudos to Twitter for calling his bluff.

[mitseraffej]

Maybe Elon plans to tie Twitter up in court long enough for him to make his escape to Mars.

[humanonearth]

Most expensive bluff in human history I would posit.