Musk wars with Twitter over his buyout deal… on Twitter

Experts say if the Tesla CEO walks away, he could be on the hook for a $1 billion breakup fee.

LONDON, UK — Tesla CEO Elon Musk promised that taking over Twitter would enable him to rid the social media platform of its annoying “spam bots.” Now he’s arguing — without presenting any evidence — that there might be just too many of those automated accounts for the $44 billion deal to move ahead.

The sharp turnaround by the world’s richest man makes little sense except as a method to scuttle or renegotiate a deal that’s becoming increasingly costly for Musk, experts said. And while such

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