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Elon Musk Terminates Deal for Twitter

Elon Musk said he’s terminating his $44 billion agreement to acquire Twitter Inc. and take it private, saying the company has made “misleading representations” over the number of spam bots on the service. Caroline Hyde and Kurt Wagner discuss on “Bloomberg Technology.”

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Elon Musk said he’s terminating his $44 billion agreement to acquire Twitter Inc. and take it private, saying the company has made “misleading representations” over the number of spam bots on the service. Caroline Hyde and Kurt Wagner discuss on “Bloomberg Technology.”

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  1. Stefan Pohl

    July 8, 2022 at 11:27 pm

    just another example of a crazed narcissist’s whim

  2. SUP3R Z3RO

    July 8, 2022 at 11:31 pm

    You don’t pay the prostitute to stay, you pay the prostitute so she/it (twitter) will leave when you are done f-ing around. Elon may have to pony up 1B for this fling. Maybe he can call up Pres Biden and he’ll pony up some money to pay off another prostitute (like he did for Hunter in Russia).

  3. Christopher Richard Wade Dettling

    July 8, 2022 at 11:31 pm

    Wonderful face acting, compounded by amazing vocals, especially the short laughs. Amazing 2 1/2 minute question. Her prop is also spot on, with a German name and immigrant physionomy.

  4. Charles Finnegan

    July 8, 2022 at 11:36 pm

    One of the greatest troll jobs ever. well played elon

    • Uros Uros

      July 8, 2022 at 11:51 pm

      Twitter stock is back where it was before while Elon will lose billions from lawsuits

    • Teo

      July 9, 2022 at 12:15 am

      Yeah he’s a troll and he’s going to pay in court for it haha

    • o leonard

      July 9, 2022 at 12:35 am

      good luck to him he’s going to get himself sued into next week

    • JD

      July 9, 2022 at 12:41 am

      Cope, he is about to lose millions, cultist.

  5. Mark Palmer

    July 8, 2022 at 11:37 pm

    It beggars belief that Bloomberg didn’t realise that this was going to happen.

    Are their “experts” so deluded by Musk’s avalanche of bullshit that they don’t recognize a conman when they see one?

  6. Black Sheep Rave

    July 8, 2022 at 11:42 pm

    Elon a mega troll

  7. Adfriends

    July 8, 2022 at 11:46 pm

    bro really said nvm💀

  8. doItBig

    July 8, 2022 at 11:52 pm

    🤡

  9. Lliam Jurdom

    July 8, 2022 at 11:54 pm

    Big legal fight … lawyers pay day …. Billion Dollar stuff am sure Elon insured himself … otherwise oh dear … Tesla might take a beating … hmmmm … RUN ELON RUN !!!!!

  10. Dick Smalley

    July 9, 2022 at 12:03 am

    – and there goes Trump’s second term!!!!!

  11. SAM

    July 9, 2022 at 12:08 am

    Twitter won‼️ Biatch‼️

  12. the dot joiner extraordinaire

    July 9, 2022 at 12:11 am

    Bull 💩 invented by the media when the whole aim was to fake the public – complete dystopian agenda

  13. Daniel j Smythe

    July 9, 2022 at 12:11 am

    He doesn’t need twitter if he Owns the planet.
    Hes just one man and Not a Country but yet They have let him put 42,000 satellite’s around the Earth and now they are Realizing what a Big mistake that was.
    He Unofficially Owns the Earth!
    He maybe Apollyon the One the book of Revelations describes.
    He Could Shut down Other satellites or he Could Shut down the Earths power grid any time he wants.
    You All Should be Very Afraid and Alert.
    The Worlds goina have trouble with this one!

  14. Catherine Jane

    July 9, 2022 at 12:17 am

    Your forgetting; Twitter filed with SEC 5% bots, twitter will get nothing & will be charged with securities fraud 🤣
    Well done exposing this Elon.

    Q: If elonmusk leaves/kick off twitter will you leaves twitter also?

    Me: Yes, l only joined Twitter to follow Elon. Twitter is centralised 💩platform.

  15. Gary van Rijn

    July 9, 2022 at 12:22 am

    If Elon Musk walks away completely he will successfully take Twitter down with him. That’s a WIN!

    • TNerd

      July 9, 2022 at 12:56 am

      the curse of cramer strkes again.

  16. Jadof Darmati

    July 9, 2022 at 12:25 am

    Trump must be like “Jiminy Christmas I’m banned for good now”

  17. Psyberunner

    July 9, 2022 at 12:27 am

    Fuccboi

  18. Andrew C

    July 9, 2022 at 12:27 am

    this woman speaks so much gibberish without any context. get a new job.

  19. Faith & Freedom

    July 9, 2022 at 12:30 am

    Go sit on something blue dress, married right?

  20. Nathan Vu

    July 9, 2022 at 12:30 am

    Twitter executive and shareholders are peeing in their pants right now

  21. Faith & Freedom

    July 9, 2022 at 12:31 am

    Gotta whole and gotta fill…..BLUE DRESS

  22. The Phantom

    July 9, 2022 at 12:31 am

    Him and his big mouth

  23. Grant keys

    July 9, 2022 at 12:48 am

    If have the people are bots then its only worth half

  24. Mike Dunning

    July 9, 2022 at 1:10 am

    He already exposed Twatter. His work is done.

  25. Linda Henry

    July 9, 2022 at 4:03 am

    He originally thought Twitter would put up a fierce fight, instead they said, ” we will take your money”. 44 billion will make you think.

  26. Jay A Essel

    July 9, 2022 at 5:31 am

    All the Elon Stans in denial right now😂😂😂

    • Arambhi Krut

      July 9, 2022 at 5:32 am

      Yeah totally, they’re like… Just you wait, you’ll see🤣

    • Sid Essel

      July 9, 2022 at 5:39 am

      Let’s wait for outcome of lawsuit before gloating

  27. Mikadocorporatio

    July 9, 2022 at 5:45 am

    It’s for the best take the L and let’s focus on mars

  28. meet me

    July 9, 2022 at 7:26 am

    Why is he running away now, after all his propaganda? …Why is he backing out now??…i guess He cant afford it anyway….Also he knows many people will quit Twitter if he buys it and the Shares will collapse in the Stock market, because Elon Musk is becoming a mess, stepping on my toes with his ego and idiosyncrasies

  29. Jerry Martin

    July 9, 2022 at 8:17 am

    Twitter openly committed fraud. Creating false accounts to increase the value of their company. Where’s the SEC and the Justice Department?

  30. Nedwin Lembar Hermavian

    July 9, 2022 at 8:24 am

    Elon’s like:
    Now you guys take it seriously…

  31. maskefizeu

    July 9, 2022 at 8:28 am

    He knows how fake is twitter!

  32. Duranarts

    July 9, 2022 at 8:49 am

    Realtime reporting is awful…

  33. Cricket England

    July 9, 2022 at 10:01 am

    Bang goes Donald Trumps attempts to ever get back on Twitter

  34. Scott Norton

    July 9, 2022 at 10:39 am

    The small amount of actual time and brain power allocated to ruin these people’s lives for the last 3 months, is humbling 😂😂😂😂. Please God let there’s be an act II.

  35. Benny Kleykens

    July 9, 2022 at 12:15 pm

    Obviously doing a hostile take-over attempt sorta exempts Twitter completly from Musk’s demands. They were not interested in being taken over. They did not and still do not have any requirement to hand over any information to Musk until the deal closes. Musk however has a requirement to buy the company at the agreed price.

  36. Family Videos - Canaan - Fain - Pica - Wells

    July 9, 2022 at 12:56 pm

    My thoughts are that Elon Never intended to buy Twitter, I think this was a plan to get inside and expose all the Bots used on Twitter. The man is a Genius

  37. David

    July 9, 2022 at 12:58 pm

    Good for Tesla and SpaceX but bad for the world. The left isn’t capable of checking their own bias these days. Its almost religious and a lot of us dont prescribe to that religion or set of beliefs. Its the same approach as the Catholic church had in the 1500s to truth and reality. I was hoping Musk would set it right and lies/hate on both sides would be regulated, but everything in between would hopefully have some solid discourse.

  38. Corey Chambers

    July 9, 2022 at 1:04 pm

    Twitter is a useless, corrupt, dishonest, oppressive, overpriced, tainted, declining relic of social media censorship, a mere mouth piece of the socialist democrat political party.

  39. Politically Correct Redskin

    July 9, 2022 at 1:05 pm

    African American of the year!

  40. Rich H

    July 9, 2022 at 1:18 pm

    Mumbling stuttery Trump loving conman

  41. Mikhail Sharon

    July 9, 2022 at 1:22 pm

    Looks like Twitter is misleading the SEC.

  42. Rogiba 511

    July 9, 2022 at 2:31 pm

    good for left….. they can ban people in peace….. thats what left do buhahaha

  43. USugo

    July 9, 2022 at 3:08 pm

    the billionaire version of the average Joe buying stuff on Amazon on an impulse while under the influence of il/licit drugs.

    • after it's all said and done I still don't care

      July 10, 2022 at 1:27 am

      Does alcohol count as an illicit drug cause I’ve done this.

  44. S. O. W.

    July 9, 2022 at 3:23 pm

    Elon exposed Twitter and only cost him $1B. Measly peanuts for a genius who owns the most successful companies. Not one company, but multiple companies! Let that sink in you Elon haters. Moreover, Elon has an agenda that your small brains can never comprehend.

  45. D Wnright

    July 9, 2022 at 4:08 pm

    Buyers remorse.

  46. Paul Pinecone

    July 9, 2022 at 5:48 pm

    *If* Musk were playing 5 dimensional chess, then the whole point of Twitter was to make an excuse for cashing out a large amount of his overpriced Tesla stock without looking like he was profiteering. The billion $ penalty he pays for the privilege is just a 5% transaction fee. It also mutes down any accusation that he wasn’t serious because telephone number money (with area code) sounds like a big number.

    This is *if* Musk were playing 5 dimensional chess. Something that would require him to keep a fixed thought in his head for more than 5 minutes. Your call.

  47. linikit

    July 9, 2022 at 6:11 pm

    Musk determines that it would be a very bad buy. Trump was right again, Musk is proving it.

  48. Bob Lane

    July 9, 2022 at 6:24 pm

    My Twitter account was suspended over 2 years ago. Suddenly it got reactivated on its own and I’m getting constant tweets on sports. I have no interest in sports. Fake right?

  49. Aaron Vallejo

    July 9, 2022 at 11:12 pm

    Elon…help us to reverse climate change by helping us transition to renewably powered electricity and off fossil fuels.

    • Rick Robitaille

      July 10, 2022 at 3:42 am

      FINALLY 🎯🤣🇨🇦💥🇺🇸🌐

    • A person

      July 10, 2022 at 4:07 am

      He is…

    • Aaron Vallejo

      July 10, 2022 at 4:31 am

      @A person Indeed

    • Aaron Vallejo

      July 10, 2022 at 8:45 pm

      @jxhensley Amen. Let’s all transition as fast as possible to high insulation, high efficiency, triple pane windows, air sourced heat pumps, on site and regional renewably powered electricity and electric transportation.

  50. Rick Robitaille

    July 10, 2022 at 3:41 am

    Tell me this is a axiom 🚀🇨🇦😄🇺🇸

  51. A person

    July 10, 2022 at 4:06 am

    If twitter has millions of bot and fake accounts then it would be like buying a bag of chips that is full of air.

  52. Remindax

    July 10, 2022 at 5:17 am

    Elon musk is less likely to honour twitter deal 😐

  53. jxhensley

    July 10, 2022 at 5:35 pm

    LMAO, assuming that Musk actually cares about bots at all, anyone can see why he doesn’t believe Twitter’s numbers. It’s because more spam bots follow HIM than anyone else on Twitter. They follow him because he attracts gullible people who make good marks. Just do a YouTube search for “Elon Musk” and then filter for live videos. Musk is a pied piper and con artists know opportunity when they see it.

  54. Marco Almeida

    July 10, 2022 at 11:51 pm

    Thank goodness, Twitter is mostly fake.

  55. glenn alexon

    July 11, 2022 at 2:48 am

    No, he didn’t. Read a book, Clickbait. I mean “Bloomberg”.

  56. spideken 2

    July 11, 2022 at 3:35 am

    Deserve it. Twitter is the most toxic social media platform.

  57. Always smile

    July 11, 2022 at 4:08 pm

    Elon please troll American government

    It will be fun

    Coz fool Biden will not know what happened

  58. TheGothicdolphin

    July 11, 2022 at 5:21 pm

    The man is a GENIUS, a Chessmaster’s Chessmaster in strategy. Whose to say he didn’t have this PLANNED from the first move of his PAWN. Just the interest off a fraction of his wealth could pay his army of Attorneys- no problem there. He could have anticipated the drop in TESLA stock, NPT. Did he have a grudge to settle with TWITTER or one of its boardmembers…There’s potentially no one he could not Payoff or RUIN. My bet, the true extent of a near flawless strategy is yet to be revealed!

    • TheGothicdolphin

      July 11, 2022 at 8:25 pm

      @Ajarn Spencer Elon Musk is EVERYTHING that Trump [imagines] himself to be.😆

  59. Ajarn Spencer

    July 11, 2022 at 6:00 pm

    Elon is a pain in the ass of the planet, and a megalomaniac. He has now in addition made half of the world waste hours talking about something that he never intended to do in the first place. Glad the influence Twitter has on Humanity is not yet in the hands of a single Oligarch, who can then use it for his personal agendas. Till now he has not changed the life of a single poor starving child or even the common working class human. he has only done things with and for the wealthy

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