Elon Musk came to the headquarters of Twitter with a wash basin
This is a joke-meme with a hint of closing the deal
On Wednesday, October 26, Elon Musk visited the headquarters of Twitter – the visit took place two days before the likely completion of the deal (if the acquisition of the company does not take place by 17:00 on October 28 – the trial will continue).
He posted a video of his visit to the office on his Twitter page. During a walk through the headquarters, Musk held a wash basin in his hands, and in the comment to the video he wrote: ‘let that sink in.’ This is a reference to a popular American meme and a hint that the deal with Twitter did happen.
Entering Twitter HQ – let that sink in! pic.twitter.com/D68z4K2wq7
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) October 26, 2022
“Meeting a lot of cool people on Twitter today,” the entrepreneur wrote in the continuation of the post.
Musk also changed the profile description – now it says “chief tweeter”. This position replaced the previous one – “perfume seller”, which the billionaire gave in honor of the launch of his own perfume line with the “smell of burnt hair”.
A company representative confirmed to CNBC that Elon had indeed visited the Twitter office. The employee also expressed fears about the future fate of the staff and the company as a whole – earlier, Musk threatened to cut 75% of employees. Someone from the company is worried by the idea that after the purchase, Elon can “burn everything to the ground if he wants.”
According to an email shared by CNN reporters, office staff were briefed on the visit. The sender, identified by Bloomberg as Twitter CMO Leslie Berland, wrote that Musk would be in the office this week “meeting with people, walking the halls and immersing myself in the important work you all do.”
Shortly before Musk shows up at Twitter HQ today, this email went out to all staff. pic.twitter.com/G3btlGuwH6
— Donie O'Sullivan (@donie) October 26, 2022
The email also said employees would receive a message directly from Elon on Friday. A Twitter representative declined to comment on Musk’s tweet.
The billionaire has until Friday to buy Twitter or face a new trial. The company sued Musk when he tried to back out of their merger agreement, saying Twitter failed to report spam and bots on its platform, which the billionaire claimed would have had significant negative consequences. The company denies these allegations.
Earlier, Musk said that he is ready to buy Twitter at a previously set price of $44 billion ($54.20 per share). The company’s representatives, not believing the entrepreneur at his word, insisted that the case be continued. As a result, the judge postponed the initial trial and gave the parties until October 28 to close the deal, otherwise the trial will continue and a new hearing will be scheduled for November.
Last week, there were reports that the Biden administration may be investigating the actions of Elon Musk over his Twitter deal and statements about Ukraine. US officials did not like Musk’s threat to stop the supply of the Starlink satellite service to Ukraine and his increasingly friendly position towards Russia and Putin (including a series of posts with proposals to give Crimea to Russia, hold referendums on occupied territories and give Ukraine neutral status). They are also concerned about his plans to buy Twitter with a group of foreign investors.
