The world’s richest man tweeted:’I hope that even my worst critics remain on Twitter, because that is what free speech means’.

A New York Times reporter pointed out that Tesla’s business interests in China could give the government leverage over Twitter via its new owner.

Did the Chinese government just gain a bit of leverage over the town square?. Did the China just gain some of leverage?.

Bezos owns the Washington Post and has a net worth ($ 177.5 billion). Unlike most, he owns Washington Post.

Elon’s purchase should close without much regulatory trouble, but pushing the angle of possible undue influence from a foreign government is one way you could gum up the works. Maybe this is just how billionaires joke, like poking each other on Facebook or something.

Bezos followed up his spicy Tweet with two more posted about 90 minutes later. He said the answer is’probably not’.

Musk is extremely good at navigating this kind of complexity. Musk is very good for navigating this type of complexity.