[EFreethought]

Musk did not get trapped into a deal. He thought he was being cute and it blew up in his face.

First he was on the board, then he wasn't. Then he thought it would be funny to agree to buy Twitter for a price that had "420" in it, then the markets declined and he sued to get out of a contract nobody forced him to sign.

Either something changed recently in Musk, he has been hiding the fact that he has had a few screws loose for years, or both.

I guess most people just get depressed when they hit middle age. When you are wealthy, you can knock up one of your employees and buy a company on a whim.

[sangnoir]

> the markets declined and he sued to get out of a contract nobody forced him to sign.

Small correction: he wrote an open "I declare" letter to Twitter 'canceling' the deal: Twitter got to Delaware court first (within days of his letter), and it took Musk's lawyers 2 weeks to file.

[abracadaniel]

Just another oddity to add: that employee he knocked up was apparently via IVF. So, very intentional.