Elon Musk was the subject of a torrential stream of Twitter free speech after he stated that he would not be able to fulfill his $44 million deal to purchase the company.
A Friday letter from his lawyers to Twitter claimed that the right-wing Twitter power user was cancelling the April pact. “appears to have made false and misleading representations,”Includes “dramatically understating the proportion of spam and false accounts.”Why? the world’s wealthiest individual seemingly failed to conduct due diligence on this issue prior to clinching an acquisition agreement is unclear; Wall Street analysts have suggested Musk was in fact seeking a lower price tag given the stock market’s sharp year-to-date decline. Twitter stated Friday that it would sue Musk for not adhering to the terms of his original offer.
Naturally, Twitter users had a field day with this latest development, gleefully posting memes, jokes and barbed critiques about Musk’s about-face.
“BREAKING: Elon Musk has announced he’s pulling out of his Twitter deal in order to spend more time with his ego,” Cracked screenwriter Randi Mayem Singer (“Mrs. Doubtfire”).
Many Twitter commenters laughed at the report. Musk had twinsWith Neuralink, the neurotech company he founded. That brings the number of children he’s believed to have fathered to 10, including his second child with musician Grimes born in December 2021 a few short months after the birth of the twins.
“Elon Musk pulls out, for the first time ever,” QuippedLaura Bassett, Jezebel’s editor-in-chief (who gave Erin Ryan gets credit for the joke of Crooked Media’s “Hysteria” podcast).
“Elon Musk looking at his child support bills, realizing he can’t afford a social media site anymore,”Tweet Mike DruckerFor more information, contact the writer “Full Frontal with Samantha Bee.”
Here are some of the best reactions to Musk’s move to terminate the Twitter takeover:
After trying to pull off the Twitter deal, Elon Musk: pic.twitter.com/l3J4vqXTyn
— philip lewis (@Phil_Lewis_) July 8, 2022
It’s going to be awkward for the GOP, now that Elon Musk supports them but refuses to sign a full-term deal,
— Charlotte Clymer 🏳️⚧️🇺🇦 (@cmclymer) July 8, 2022
Elon Musk makes his first exit https://t.co/PeeChOoBdj
— Laura Bassett (@LEBassett) July 8, 2022
Let us @elonmuskYou CAN make jokes! pic.twitter.com/Knq1suBiSi
— Kara Swisher (@karaswisher) July 8, 2022
Elon Musk resigned from Twitter
Will the government finally regulate Twitter if it becomes pregnant?
— Alison Greene (@GrassrootsSpeak) July 9, 2022
Breaking! According to sources, Elon Musk is now acquiring Truth Social and renaming it Qwitter.
— Captain Obvious (@TheFungi669) July 9, 2022
Liza Minnelli has outlived Elon Musk’s deal to buy Twitter. The acquisition was ended by Elon Musk.
— LizaMinnelliOutlives (@LiZaOutlives) July 8, 2022
Layaway was Twitterged by Elon Musk
He tried to finance Twitter via Rent-a-Center
He showed up at Twitter’s corporate office with a crown Royal bag fulla nickels talmbout “wait y’all don’t take EBT cards?”
“I don’t even wanna buy it now…”
— Michael Harriot (@michaelharriot) July 9, 2022
Elon Musk no longer buys Twitter. He realized that he can get it completely free from the App Shop
— greg (@greg16676935420) July 8, 2022
Elon Musk was equally committed to Twitter running than he is being a father. https://t.co/c3Mcvm3UuV
— keffals (@keffals) July 8, 2022
If Elon Musk gives an interview about this in the coming days, I’m formally calling on protesters to play “Yakety Sax”In the background
— Casey Newton (@CaseyNewton) July 8, 2022
BREAKING: Elon Musk announced that he is ending his Twitter deal to spend more time with himself and his ego.
— Randi Mayem Singer (@rmayemsinger) July 8, 2022
I can’t believe Elon Musk failed to deliver on a giant promise. Absolutely stunned by this development that has happened literally every time he’s promised something https://t.co/delDMWd6I7
— Mike Drucker (@MikeDrucker) July 8, 2022
Elon Musk cancels deal, accusing #TwitterOf being full bots. A spokesperson for Twitter said in a statement that the site was full of bots. “Beep boop bop!”Before failing to correctly identify every traffic light in an image.
— Pete Wilcock (@WilcockPete) July 9, 2022
The people who believed Elon Musk was gonna buy Twitter are the same people still waiting on Trump’s healthcare plan.
— 𝐁𝐞𝐤𝐬 (@antifaoperative) July 8, 2022
Twitter after Elon Musk opted not to purchase it pic.twitter.com/YcvbyWVByI
— Josiah Johnson (@KingJosiah54) July 8, 2022
Elon Musk asked Twitter for their money when he was: pic.twitter.com/Cig8l2NzN7
— David C, PA-C (@davecoolatta) July 9, 2022
Elon Musk’s offer to buy Twitter pic.twitter.com/d8sP8GDWms
— 𝐕𝐞𝐥𝐨𝐝𝐮𝐬✨ (@velodus) July 8, 2022
Elon Musk has learned his lesson.
Susan Collins
— New York Times Pitchbot (@DougJBalloon) July 8, 2022
NO DEAL pic.twitter.com/89aY3E5bvX
— beeple (@beeple) July 9, 2022
Above: Elon Musk attends New York City’s 2022 Met Gala on May 2, 2012.