I think we're beyond taking what Elon Musk says at face value. Musk is so deep underwater on this deal he is really going to have to pull out all the stops just

I think we're beyond taking what Elon Musk says at face value. Musk is so deep underwater on this deal he is really going to have to pull out all the stops just to keep it afloat, let alone to actually do what he wants with it. I think this is the first true sign of the pivot for Musk from "Ha this is funny I'm going to shitpost" to "Oh god, i'm going to lose me and my friends several billion dollars". Twitter under Musk is going to be saddled with $13Bn in debt, on top of that their last quarter they reported losing a $270m. So in aggregate it seems pretty likely that Twitter is going to be bleeding monstrous amounts of money very quickly, and it's quite likely Musk is going to have to start throwing good money after bad just to keep it afloat. It's not just that it's going to be losing money, it's that if they can't service this debt his creditors can step in and take Twitter, which would be absolutely hilarious.