ANALYSIS: Is Elon Musk angling to take over Twitter - or just 'trolling on a planetary scale'?
In the days since the news broke, theories have flowed thick and fast: the Tesla boss didn't want to submit to a police background check, or has a larger galaxy-brain strategy we cannot yet comprehend.
Ten days on from the news that Mr Musk had acquired a large chunk of Twitter, the dust is beginning to settle.First up, here's a brief timeline of events:: Mr Musk purchases 73,486,938 Twitter shares, or 9.
Many have pointed out that Mr Musk, who appears to enjoy public controversy and attention, and whose company Tesla is now the subject of the largest racial discrimination lawsuit ever brought by California, would hardly shy away from a routine background check.