[BulgarianIdiot]

I don't think he wanted to lean right. He started leaning right when the right started cheering for him, and he, as a man apparently deeply insecure, craving approval and attention, went along (I mean why else be on Twitter, memeing 24/7, after all).

I believe he was honest when he spoke about how Twitter should be a neutral public square with no political leanings and so on. But it's one thing to want something, another to have a plan for it, and yet another to execute that plan properly.

He thought he can improvise and good things will happen. Instead he got tricked by wingnuts into destroying his $44B investment.

[encryptluks2]

I can see it now.. Your honor, it wasn't my fault that I broke a handful of laws. I was tricked by conservatives who encouraged me and preyed on my susceptibilities who convinced me that I would be pardoned when Trump was elected and make all the activities I did legal.

[BulgarianIdiot]

"But... I had a poll."

BTW it's funny if you think about it. First he had the poll, restoring Trump won the poll, and THEN elon said he "always believed banning a sitting president is a great injustice that should be corrected". He *always* believed that. But only *after* the poll.

The sad thing is the poll was something like 51% vs 49%.

"How to alienate half your audience in... one steps."