Elon Musk Attempts To Back Out Of $44B Deal To Buy Twitter

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[RichardWylie]

This is odd behavior from Elon, he never pulls out of anything.

[staticking]

Imagine paying 44 billion dollars for a company that's the digital version of writing profanities on a public restroom stall.

[nichemphill]

Never really thought he was actually serious about buying Twitter. There will be some people upset as they thought he had already bought the site.

[CopperBased]

The point was never to buy it. It was to break it.

[Hotlooksamerica]

Now that he’s looked under the hood, he will build a better all electric version of twitter with a rocket on it.

[changethewayyouage]

First time he "pulled out" LMAO

[moshesierra]

I knew he wasn’t serious
He just wanted to shake up Twitter and caused a panic reaction!

[Dwendele]

Not shocked that Twitter was loaded with WAY more bots than thought. That means that Twitter was not a valuable as advertised.
If you agreed to buy a 4 bedroom house, but found out that 2 of those bedrooms were just outlines painted on the ground outside, you sure wouldn't want to honor that contract.

[solarchos]

"Attempts"? If the product turns out to be a bad deal you're NOT obligated to purchase it. Especially if the transaction hasn't gone through and the seller hasn't fulfilled their own end of the bargain.

[kev._._._.]

The amount of people that genuinely believe this Tony Stark wannabe actually has their best interests in mind is staggering

[XpapricaX]

He just needed to spike the stock for accouple days

[comkver]

LMFAO, not surprisingly. He's just going to pay a fine.

[masonambrose]

Funny really...I forgot of his existence till he started talking about buying Twitter 😂😂

[Brian-_]

Cmon he wasn't serious about buying twitter, he was shocked rhey accepted lol

[itsknotmagic]

I never thought he was serious...he did it to cause a kerfuffle

[chriswarren]

Of course he decided to back out, He doesn't actually care about anything other than promoting himself.

[jimmyboi]

1/2 the accounts are fake, Elon and everyone knows now. Advertisers will now pull out also. Elon exposed Twitter as a fake sham and that’s priceless.😂

[lifesagift]

He was never going to buy it... A distraction

[nolifuncion]

Elon thought he can buy twitter but found he did not have the cash.

[jonhon]

And now he's being sued for the $44BILLION purchase 🤣