What did Elon Musk have to gain by withholding Trump's Twitter information?

[kentuck]

In the end, he had to be fined over $300K dollars before he turned over the information. And he wanted to inform Trump about it?

I do not know where this guy's loyalties might lie, but he seems a very shady character. What kind of relationship is there between he and Trump?

How did he get those billion dollar contracts from NASA for his SpaceX program? And who benefits from that program?

It raises a lot of questions.

[ThreeNoSeep]

1. $300K out of Musk's $300 Billion net worth is only one millionth of his wealth

I wish I could pay major federal fines for one millionth of my net worth.
U.S. median networth is $121,760.
My own is definitely lower than Musk's, but one millionth of $121,760 is 12 cents.

As for why he would cooperate with someone like Trump, it is obvious. Mr. Musk has a closet, and Trump knows what's in it.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

9. Welcome to DU

[TomSlick]

10. Welcome to DU.

[Lovie777]

2. His loyalties is not with the USA........................

he's friendly with Putin.

[Hugin]

3. Trump isn't the only one doing "the business" via the site formerly known as...

Twitter. Only the stupidest goon.

He’s blowing a good thing for them.

[SomedayKindaLove]

4. Fascists gonna fascist

Musk has said he thinks DeSantis is middle of the road. He likely misses Apartheid.

[617Blue]

5. Musk is as full of shit as Trump

wasn't his rationale for buying Shitter to begin with was that Dorsey had handed over all their info to the gov't?

[JohnSJ]

6. Attention.

[Kid Berwyn]

7. Elongo must've had a mighty important reason.

It exposed him as a Trumphumper.

Keeping the information from Jack Smith helped delay the day Dimdonnie pays the piper.

[modrepub]

8. A Lot Of Big Business Types Distrust Government & Government Regulation (Meddling)

My bet would be Elon has a strong distaste for government oversight or meddling in "his" business. His steps to "defend" tfg are just an extension of his dislike for anyone else telling him what to do or challenging his decisions.

For me, one can not rail against the evils of big government without addressing the "evils" of big business. Elon is a great example of "to big to make mistakes". If you or I lost as much capital/net worth for our poor business decisions we'd be out on the street. I don't mind capitalism or free market as long as it applies equally to all participants. Once your business reaches a certain size you basically define your own reality. The rest of us small folks who get in these folks way just get squashed.