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Twitter Is ROASTING Elon Musk After He Pulls Out Of Twitter Deal

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By Kristin Myers on July 8, 2022 at 6:53 PM EDT
Updated on July 8, 2022 at 6:56 PM EDT

Billionaire Elon Musk is definitely having one of those weeks.

Earlier this week, it was revealed that Musk welcomed twins with one of his top executives, then claimed that he was doing it to fight underpopulation, which he called the "biggest danger civilization faces by far."

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On Friday, a recent filing with the SEC showed that Musk is "terminating" his $44 billion dollar deal to buy Twitter, claiming that they are in "breach" of their merger agreement due to the number of spam and bot accounts on the platform.

Not many users were all that surprised to see the Tesla CEO back out of the deal to buy the social media company, and plenty of users had a lot to say about it.

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Elon Musk 'Pulls Out' Of Twitter Deal... And The Jokes Begin

Jo, who is known for her on-point tweets, wrote, "BREAKING: Elon Musk has terminated his deal to buy Twitter, which is shocking because I didn’t think he knew how to pull out of anything."

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Call To Activism added, "Elon Musk really s--- the bed with this deal. I guess he did learn something from Amber Heard." The "Aquaman" actress dated the Tesla CEO shortly after her split from ex-husband Johnny Depp. Heard has also been making headlines tonight as her legal team is asking the judge to declare a mistrial due to an alleged "fake" juror.

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Screenwriter Randi Mayem Singer wrote, "BREAKING: Elon Musk has announced he's pulling out of his Twitter deal in order to spend more time with his ego."

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Def Noodles posted information about the deal in a series of screenshots, adding, "BREAKING NEWS THAT WILL MOST DEFINITELY CHANGE YOUR LIFE: Elon Musk backs out of Twitter deal. Probably trying to save up money for his 3,987 children."

Those 'Pull Out' Jokes Just Keep On Coming

Laura Bassett tweeted, "Elon Musk pulls out, for the first time ever." However, she had to give credit where credit was due.

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In a follow-up tweet, she credited the original tweet to Erin Ryan, who had tweeted, "musk signals he may-- for the first time ever-- pull out" after it was rumored that Musk was looking to call off the deal a day prior to the SEC filing.

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Keffals tweeted, "Elon Musk was as committed to running Twitter as he is to being a father."

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Author Amy Siskind tweeted, "Hey Elon Musk - think Trump Social is still available. Maybe people will like you over there too." Truth Social is the social media platform started by former U.S. President Donald Trump after he was banned by Twitter. Earlier this week, controversial podcast host Joe Rogan announced that he had actually turned down several opportunities for Trump to appear on his podcast.

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Digital strategist Sawyer Hackett broke down the overview of Musk's year, tweeting, "Elon Musk lost $70 billion this year. The market tanked, his sexual misconduct cost him billions, and he had to sell 10 million shares in his company to afford Twitter. Now Twitter is going to take him to court for reneging on the deal and will take even more."

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Twitter board chair Bret Taylor confirmed that Twitter will be taking legal action against Trump on Friday night, tweeting, "The Twitter Board is committed to closing the transaction on the price and terms agreed upon with Mr. Musk and plans to pursue legal action to enforce the merger agreement. We are confident we will prevail in the Delaware Court of Chancery."

At the time of this writing, there have been no tweets from Elon Musk himself.

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