Taylor LorenzNov 29, 2023
At the Dealbook summit, with X CEO Linda Yaccarino sitting in the room, Elon Musk just told advertisers who have pulled out of X — including Disney CEO Bob Iger — to go fuck themselves.
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"If someone is going to blackmail me with advertising, blackmail me with money, go fuck yourself. Go fuck yourself," he said.

He then called out Disney CEO Bob Iger in the audience, which paused advertising on Twitter saying, "Hi Bob!"

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"Just because it came out of my mouth, doesn't mean it's true," Elon Musk later said at the Dealbook summit.
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Andrew Ross Sorkin asks Musk about his mental state and Musk dove into how his mental state is admittedly stormy, not in a good way, then said:

"My life is finite, really a flash in the pan in a galactic timescale."

Show threadTaylor LorenzNov 29, 2023
You can watch the whole fiasco via this link. As my colleague noted, people who like Musk, like Trump, will eat this up. But Musk is running a business, not for political office. https://www.nytimes.com/live/2023/11/29/business/dealbook-summit-news
Elon Musk, Kamala Harris and More to Speak at DealBook Summit: Live Updates

Kamala Harris; the president of Israel, Isaac Herzog; President Tsai Ing-wen of Taiwan and Elon Musk headline the 2023 DealBook Summit. Follow along and watch select interviews.

The New York Times
Show threadTim Panton
@taylorlorenz I think you are wrong. Musk is pivoting X to a US based 'everything app - cf WeChat' - for which he needs the permission of the FTC, FCC and SEC . He'll only get that if he gets chairs in that feel they owe him. That's what the current antics are aimed to do.
Nov 30, 2023 at 11:48amWeb