> I don't understand the thesis that Musk is somehow pro-Russia. There's a bit of a conspiracy theory going around that Musk was trying to get out of buying Tw

> I don't understand the thesis that Musk is somehow pro-Russia. There's a bit of a conspiracy theory going around that Musk was trying to get out of buying Twitter by publicly aligning with Russia/sabotaging Ukraine a bit. The idea would be being enough of a thorn in the US' backside that they might let him walk away from the deal. It's a funny one in that Musk has done enough bizarre stunts by now that I don't see this as completely implausible on his part, but given that the US government isn't a dictatorship and has separation of powers I don't think such a deal would be possible even if some part of the US government wanted to take it.