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Oh, the Twitter Drama: Musk to Step Down
Elon Musk ran a poll asking his users whether he should stay or he should go. It did not go well for Musk. He lost by an almost supermajority of users. So now he is going to step down, and the rumor is that the next CEO of Twitter will be a man with zero relevant experience: Jared Kushner. It was fueled by a photo from Qatar.
Now, let’s look at what happened during the World Cup final, shall we? And yes, this is a speculative piece based on real-world data.
Why is Kushner suspected to be the next CEO? Well, he went with Musk to catch a game. One that is difficult to get tickets to. Part of the audience in that VIP box were Qatari officials, but some were Saudis.
The latter owns quite a bit of Tesla. And they have been quite chummy with him. I know this is from the Murdoch media, so take it for what it is:
Elon Musk claims that his now-infamous tweet claiming that Saudi Arabia had agreed to fund a 2018 buyout of Tesla was “entirely truthful,” pushing back against investors who are alleging it amounted to fraud, according to a federal court motion late Tuesday in California.
In the late Tuesday filing in the…