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My theory is he's literally trying to kill Twitter. He blustered about buying Twitter as a brag with no actual intention to go through with it. And then they took him seriously and forced him to make good on it. Now he's pissed he was compelled to take ownership of it and still doesn't actually want anything to do with it. So he's putting it out of his misery as quickly as possible. Meanwhile his hubris is blinding him to the ensuing shitstorm of shareholder litigation he's about to face.
Isn't he the sole shareholder now?
He borrowed it from the Saudis who would dearly love to kill the main organising tool behind the Arab Spring. A few B lost is cheap to them
This is the best theory I've heard yet. I could get behind it. I'm certain he's purposely trying to kill it, I just can't fathom why he would if it's going to cost him and other billions. But this holds together.