> one of Musks strengths is marketing I don’t deny that, but it is not what he is doing here. I am not sure why people shy away from the obvious: another of M

> one of Musks strengths is marketing I don’t deny that, but it is not what he is doing here. I am not sure why people shy away from the obvious: another of Musk’s strengths is market manipulation. On 4 April, the announcement[0] of his becoming the largest shareholder jumped his Twitter stock[1] from a 73486938×33.03 = $2.4B purchase to a $3.7B asset, a $1.2B gain. He sold 371900 stocks, for a $6M gain. His 14 April announcement[2] of his offer to purchase Twitter was likely intended to boost the price further before the expected poison pill would justify him divesting everything as he stated he would do in the SEC filing[3], thus netting an even bigger gain. It didn’t boost as he expected, but the value has remained higher than it started at. He will still make half a billion and his actions, this time, are hard to sue, since he did not lie on anything but intent, which is impossible to prove. [0]: https://www.cnbc.com/2022/04/04/twitter-shares-soar-more-than-25percent-after-elon-musk-takes-9percent-stake-in-social-media-company.html https://www.cnbc.com/2022/04/04/twitter-shares-soar-more-tha... [1]: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1418091/000110465922041911/tm2211482d1_sc13g.htm https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1418091/000110465922... [2]: https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1514564966564651008 https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1514564966564651008 [3]: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/0001418091/000110465922045641/tm2212748d1_sc13da.htm https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/0001418091/000110465...