Multiple sources have said that the agreement has a "Performance" clause that could be used to force Elon to complete the sale. I've said before, with lots of disagreement from this forum, this is going to turn into a huge $hi% show with litigation that could take years to settle. I'd guess that Twitter and Elon will come to some agreement where Elon will pay a "kill" fee that will be greater than the 1 billion that exists in the contract. From what I understand, the kill fee from the contact was based on his ability to find financing, which he did so it no longer applies. IF Elon really had a problem with "bot" accounts, he should have investigated this before extending any offer. He failed to do his due diligence and IMHO underestimated the issues with regards to content moderation. In addition, his bid was simply too high and I have a feeling that after talking to multiple sources he realized this as well ...
It was simply a very bad idea for him to get mixed up in this and it's going to cost him plenty to get out of it ...
By biggest fear with all of this is if he is forced to "perform" and twitter's share price is in the toilet. At that point, it's going to be very difficult for Elon to secure other investors and one of the only options left will be to sell TSLA to help fund this purchase. I have a feeling that Twitter will trade in the mid 20's tomorrow when the market opens ... would you pay more than 100% premium on a company that has had a long history of failing to be profitable? I sure as hell would not ....
I sure hope I'm very wrong ... (I'm sure the forum will say I am .... )
But ... your initial question was correct ... this is not about price negotiation. Twitter has a signed contract that addresses this very scenario .... and they intend to enforce it.