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Plain English with Derek Thompson

Musk Meltdown: Elon’s Breakup With Twitter Is Going to Be Very Messy

Plain English with Derek Thompson

The Ringer

News, News Commentary

4.72.1K Ratings

🗓️ 10 July 2022

⏱️ 17 minutes

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Summary

Derek has so many thoughts on Elon Musk's bizarre attempted breakup with Twitter—and what comes next—that he has to enumerate them. In this episode, he goes through five reasons Elon is trying to wriggle out of this deal and three ways this saga will end. Host: Derek Thompson Producer: Devon Manze Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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1:31.1

Today, a rant about Elon Musk, Twitter, and what comes next in this strangest romance in tech.

1:40.3

So the news in short, which you probably already know, is Elon Musk said he's terminating

1:45.4

his agreement to acquire Twitter. Elon Musk said Twitter misled him over the number of spam bots.

1:51.9

Elon Musk said Twitter won't give him enough information about the density of said spam bots.

1:57.6

Now I'm emphasizing Elon Musk said because Elon Musk says a lot of things,

2:02.3

and just because Elon Musk says them doesn't make them true, or legally binding, or even legally

2:07.8

relevant. What is true, and legally binding, and legally relevant, is that Musk has a merger

2:14.1

agreement with Twitter, which Twitter says it will try to uphold in court just by everything else

2:19.7

that Musk is saying. So, Twitter is like a bride being dumped at the altar,

2:24.0

holding up the marriage contract, the runaway groom, like a read the fine print buster,

2:29.0

where way past speak now or forever hold your peace. You want a divorce? It's going to cost you,

2:33.5

and I'll see you in court. And that is basically what Twitter is saying in response to Elon Musk's

2:38.2

attempt to break up with them. Twitter's chairman of the board, Brett Taylor, responded on Twitter,

2:42.5

quote, the Twitter board is committed to closing the transaction on the price and terms agreed upon

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