I'm not suggesting anything here, but it doesn't seem outrageous to think that after the SNL appearance and all the dogecoin references that Tesla/Musk may have

I'm not suggesting anything here, but it doesn't seem outrageous to think that after the SNL appearance and all the dogecoin references that Tesla/Musk may have bought substantial amounts prior to that before the obvious shilling on live television. If that's the case, he would not have expected it to crash. i.e. This may be desperation to fix the quarterly results after the plan backfired.