It reads to me like he's desperately trying to prove that his acquisition of Twitter was a good thing; that the people in charge before were Bad, and he is Good

It reads to me like he's desperately trying to prove that his acquisition of Twitter was a good thing; that the people in charge before were Bad, and he is Good. The fact that it has turned into such an obvious nothingburger just highlights how out of touch with reality Elon has become, and how badly he needs to feel like people like him.