Elon Musk mocks Twitter as company sues him for pulling out of deal

Elon Musk has been posting memes on Twitter mocking the social media platform for lawyering up and trying to force him to buy them, as the Tesla chief’s $44 billion deal to acquire the platform looks set to collapse.

The world’s richest man first announced that he had put in a $44 billion bid at $54.20 a share to buy the social media platform on April 25.

But the Tesla and SpaceX chief executive told Twitter on Friday that he was pulling the plug on the deal, due to the number of spam accounts on the social media network.

Musk’s lawyers claimed Twitter had failed to respond to multiple requests for information on fake or spam accounts on the platform.

Bret Taylor, Twitter’s chairman, responded with in a tweet: “The Twitter Board is committed to closing the transaction on the price and terms agreed upon with Mr. Musk and plans to pursue legal action to enforce the merger agreement. We are confident we will prevail in the Delaware Court of Chancery.”

Mocking Twitter’s threat on Sunday, Musk posted a grid of four photo memes of Musk laughing, each accompanied with a remark.

The first remark read: “They said I couldn’t buy Twitter”. The second read: “Then, they wouldn’t disclose Bot information.”

The third one says “Now, they want to force me to buy Twitter in court.”
The last grid, which includes the photo of Musk laughing the most, reads “Now, they have to disclose the bot info in court.”