Successfully trolling the US government to this degree would certainly be a signature Musk achievement.
It is now though, so seems that people think there is something to this! So many twists and turns! Maybe you’ll get a beer!
I don't think it's a big risk to TSLA. Many will want in on the equity. It may actually benefit Musk if he prefers to have an excuse to kick out Saudi money from the deal, for instance.
I guess I don’t see (in the worst case) Elon being forced to divest after the deal is closed as being better than him keeping it. Maybe it would be less of a distraction in spite of the $25B-$30B loss. Just seems like lots of unknowns.
How would that Twitter ownership prohibition be justified? The hook for CFIUS review is foreign investment. So if he can remove objectionable foreign ownership in the equity table, he should be fine. At this point, Musk has control over who contributes equity. He can curate that list as he wishes. Likewise, problems with the equity table will not get him off the hook of buying Twitter.
I agree it seems unlikely. Just an unknown and that was the point of my original comment on TSLA not taking a hit in spite of added uncertainty from Elon & Twitter range of outcomes.
It also applies to "Any other transaction, transfer, agreement, or arrangement, the structure of which is designed or intended to evade or circumvent the application of this section, subject to regulations prescribed by the Committee."
That only makes me more suspicious! This whole time he's been extremely hostile and then all of a sudden he switches? I believe he could have just agreed to be on the hook for all the money and gotten it for $50 a share a few weeks ago.
Yep. What do you think was the sticking point?Well, what can I say? You're a suspicious person.
I don't think we know what all went into the $50 a share negotiations.
Don't think it would be very productive to speculate. It appears that it was in neither party's interest to get into detail publicly.
Twitter has basically said nothing publicly the entire time. Musk on the other hand has been constantly in PR mode and has no qualms about violating the merger agreement (because there is nothing Twitter can do about it). It’s just a bit odd that Musk’s lawyer says Twitter was asking for “all kinds of things” but Musk hasn’t called them out on it.
No, that’s not what happened. Except in a cheesy movie with Special Operations Black Ops Operatives Gone Rogue. At least until Flynn is made SecDef.
Well, then who else would have been sending this message via the Washington Post, the traditional method of sending messages among those inside the beltway? I don't think this would be a successful approach in reality.
The WaPo would be sending its own message. The reporters there call their sources every day. EVERY day. And say hey what are you working on. And the source runs down the list of meetings etc they’re taking and says, well, mainly this, this and this.
