Elon Musk Is Regretting This

Elon musk recently acquired the social network Twitter for a whopping $44 billion.

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The CEO of Tesla (TSLA) - Get Free Report, SpaceX and Twitter rarely admits a mea culpa.

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In a recent example, Musk retweeted an article from the Santa Monica Observer

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In which a violent attack on Paul Pelosi, husband of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, was attributed to a conspiracy theory.

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The Santa Monica Observer has been known to publish false information on several occasion

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Including the story of Hillary Clinton passing away and Donald Trump being sent to debate in one of the 2016 presidential debates.

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Musk deleted the tweet but never publicly apologized.

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He's sure of his influence and his power. The richest man in the world and boss of a multitude of companies never retreats even when he has made a mistake.

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It is often the opposite. Musk likes to counter attack. He has followed this strategy since he took control of Twitter, the town square of our time.

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Musk therefore seems to advise against taking a margin loan during such periods. In doing so, he seems to be expressing his regret for doing it himself.

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