On Wednesday, October 26, Elon Musk visited the headquarters of Twitter – the visit took place two days before the likely completion of the transaction (if the acquisition of the company does not take place by 17:00 on October 28, the trial will continue).
He posted a video of the visit to the office on his Twitter page. While walking around the headquarters, Musk held a washbasin in his hands, and in the commentary to the video he wrote: “let that sink in.” This is a reference to a popular American meme and a hint that the deal with Twitter did take place.
Entering Twitter HQ – let that sink in! pic.twitter.com/D68z4K2wq7
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) October 26, 2022
“Meeting a lot of cool people on Twitter today,” the entrepreneur wrote in a continuation of the post.
Musk also changed the profile description to say “Tweet Chief.” This position replaced the previous one – “perfume salesman”, which the billionaire placed in honor of the launch of his own line of perfume with the “smell of burnt hair” .
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A company spokesman confirmed to CNBC that Elon actually visited the Twitter office. The employee also expressed concern about the future fate of the staff and the company as a whole – earlier, Musk threatened to lay off 75% of employees . Some people in the company are worried about the idea that after the purchase, Elon can “burn everything to the ground if he wants to.”
According to an email shared by CNN reporters, office staff received a summary of the visit. The sender, identified by Bloomberg as Twitter CMO Leslie Berland, wrote that Musk would be in the office this week “meeting people, walking the hallways and immersing himself in the important work you all do.”
Shortly before Musk shows up at Twitter HQ today, this email went out to all staff. pic.twitter.com/G3btlGuwH6
— Donie O’Sullivan (@donie) October 26, 2022
The email also stated that employees would receive notification directly from Elon on Friday. A Twitter spokesperson declined to comment on Musk’s tweet.
The billionaire has until Friday to acquire Twitter or face another court order. The company sued Musk when he tried to get out of their merger agreement, saying Twitter failed to report spam and bots on its platform, which the billionaire claimed would have significant negative repercussions. The company denies these allegations.
Musk previously said he was willing to buy Twitter at a pre-set price of $ 44 billion ($54.20 per share). Representatives of the company, not taking the entrepreneur’s word for it, insisted that the consideration of the case be continued. As a result, the judge postponed the original trial and gave the parties until October 28 to close the agreement – otherwise the trial will continue, and a new hearing will be scheduled for November.
Last week it was reported that the Biden administration may be looking into Elon Musk’s actions because of his agreement with Twitter and statements about Ukraine. US officials did not like Musk’s threat to cut off the delivery of the Starlink satellite service to Ukraine and his increasingly friendly stance towards Russia and Putin (including a series of posts suggesting that Crimea be handed over to the Russian Federation, referendums be held in the territories seized by the occupiers, and Ukraine accept neutrality). They are also concerned about his plans to buy Twitter with a group of foreign investors.
Source: CBNC
