{"id":3246,"date":"2022-05-13T10:56:19","date_gmt":"2022-05-13T10:56:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/petersantilli.com\/?p=3246"},"modified":"2022-05-13T11:39:39","modified_gmt":"2022-05-13T11:39:39","slug":"musk-threatens-to-walk-away-from-twitter-deal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/petersantilli.com\/?p=3246","title":{"rendered":"Musk Threatens To Walk Away From Twitter Deal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>May 13, 2022 at 06:52AM\u00a0 Musk Threatens To Walk Away From Twitter Deal<\/p>\n<div>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Twitter deal temporarily on hold pending details supporting calculation that spam\/fake accounts do indeed represent less than 5% of users<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Y2t0QMuuyn\">https:\/\/t.co\/Y2t0QMuuyn<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Elon Musk (@elonmusk) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/elonmusk\/status\/1525049369552048129?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 13, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>There&#8217;s been plenty of speculation in recent days about whether Elon Musk&#8217;s deal to buy Twitter might collapse, that he might walk away, or hold out for a better price, as the recent ructions in markets &#8211; especially for tech stocks &#8211; have caused equity valuations to re-rate lower en masse. And now, just days after Hindenburg warned that Musk <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/markets\/twitter-dips-after-hindenburg-research-sees-risk-musks-deal-repricing-lower\">would try to reprice the deal or walk away, <\/a>Musk has confirmed just that on Twitter.<\/p>\n<p>Twitter shares were down 19% in pre-market trading in New York.<\/p>\n<p>Musk posted the comments about the deal on Twitter (where else?) along with a report citing Twitter claiming that fake accounts represented less than 5% of users. Musk seemed to imply that this number was off.<\/p>\n<p>Twitter shares were down 19% in pre-market trading in New York, while Tesla shares were up more than 6% on the news as investors hoped that Tesla shares would now no longer be at risk due to their status as collateral.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div><span style=\"font-size: revert; color: initial; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Oxygen-Sans, Ubuntu, Cantarell, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif;\">via www.zerohedge.com\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<h1 class=\"c-article__heading o-article__heading\">Elon Musk Wants a Candidate \u2018Less Divisive\u2019 Than Trump in 2024, Says Biden Won Because People \u2018Wanted Less Drama\u2019<\/h1>\n<p><strong>Elon Musk<\/strong>\u00a0said Thursday he believes former President\u00a0<strong>Donald Trump<\/strong>\u00a0belongs on Twitter, but he would personally prefer someone \u201cless divisive\u201d in 2024.<\/p>\n<p>The billionaire Tesla and SpaceX CEO also said he believes President\u00a0<strong>Joe Biden<\/strong>\u00a0was only elected in 2020 because people had grown tired of \u201cdrama.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Musk, who is in the process of acquiring the platform for $44 billion, took what appeared to be veiled shots at both men with a pair of tweets.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEven though I think a less divisive candidate would be better in 2024, I still think Trump should be restored to Twitter,\u201d Musk tweeted.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Even though I think a less divisive candidate would be better in 2024, I still think Trump should be restored to Twitter<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Elon Musk (@elonmusk) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/elonmusk\/status\/1524881263470993435?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 12, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Even though I think a less divisive candidate would be better in 2024, I still think Trump should be restored to Twitter<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Elon Musk (@elonmusk) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/elonmusk\/status\/1524881263470993435?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 12, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>May 13, 2022 at 06:52AM\u00a0 Musk Threatens To Walk Away From Twitter Deal Twitter 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