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After battling to become the owner of the social network, the billionaire at the head of Tesla said he had “temporarily” suspended the takeover this Friday. Between bluff and slack, his weathervane game disturbs the experts.
by Elise Viniacourt
A real bag of knots this saga between Elon Musk and Twitter. After many twists and turns, we thought the deal (more or less) was concluded between the boss of Tesla and the blue bird network. It was without counting on the weathervane nature of the American billionaire. After having fought tooth and nail to become the owner of his favorite social network, the entrepreneur is choosy this Friday. “The Twitter agreement is temporarily suspended”, he writes on his account to more than 90 million subscribers. Before securing, in a new turnaround a few hours later, being “always committed” to buy the company. Bluff to boost the financing of your purchase or slack to slow down the purchase? Freed asked sociologists, cyberpolitical scholars and market experts. And difficult, in the troubled game of the entrep…