Elon Musk Threatens To End Twitter Deal - The 11th Hour - MSNBC

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Elon Musk is threatening to end his $44 billion Twitter deal, accusing the social media company of refusing to give him information about spam and fake accounts. Jake Ward breaks down the billionaire’s most direct threat yet. Aired on 06/06/2022.

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1. Never have liked this guy,

Likely never will, and will not buy anything he sells. Never trust a billionaire that pays zero in taxes, treats employees badly and is anti union, and thinks his money puts him above the law. Hope he loses if this goes to court.

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2. I almost skipped posting this story, but I figured there are DUers who are following it

I feel the same way, this guy is taking up way too much airtime trying to make up his mind about what he plans to do...

[duforsure]

3. Agree 100%

If I'm not mistaken he's under investigation for things he's done with this buying of twitter.

[PortTack]

5. Agree..everyday I dislike the guy more...hope as other car companies ramp up electric that his

Crappy tesla goes belly up.

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6. Keep hearing

about all kinds of problems with those cars. One thing I read or heard is they can’t be towed if they breakdown? How can that be?

[PortTack]

7. Me too! There was a big recall recently. Don't remember what for

[Warpy]

8. He's on the ASD spectrum, I'm sure most people don't like him

I think he's backing out because their stock has tanked and mostly because he dimly realizes they've never turned a profit and that's not because they were mean to conservatives, it means their business model sucked.

The latter can mean two things, first, he realizes the company is not worth taking and second, even if he does, he needs to know how many real meatspace subscribers it has who aren't bots from corporations and hostile governments, a tall order for an outfit like Twitter. That means he might have a business plan in mind that could make it an effective company that turns a profit, but not while it's infested with shills and bots.

As for the no taxes, it's not like he's alone and I fault bad laws from Congressmen wanting to keep their contributions coming in and gamesmanship among the CPAs and tax lawyers he hired to keep track of the stuff he didn't care to while keeping it legal. The cure isn't giving Musk a more likable persona, it's passing some laws with teeth in them that even their financial staffs can't weasel out of.

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4. Good

I don’t use Twitter, but dislike what he has done to try to acquire the company. In fact I don’t care for any person or group that tries to take over companies against their will.