What's happening?

First of all, Elon Musk said he was going to buy social media company Twitter. Then he changed his mind, and said he was not going to buy it after all. Twitter said it would sueStart a legal fight against someone or something. him. 

Now, with less than two weeks to go before the court case, he has changed his mind again. 

Elon Musk is a businessman. He has made billions from his companies. He started PayPalAn online payments company. , space company SpaceX and is the face of electric car company Tesla. He is also working on making robots.

Now, he thinks buying Twitter will help him to make an app called X. It would do everything people need - people could send messages, money and post on social media all at once. 

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Musk is very successful. But some people have called him an idiot too. He keeps changing his mind about Twitter. He called people worried about Covid-19 "dumb".  And he thinks he can solve the war in UkraineA country in Eastern Europe. It was invaded by Russia in February 2022. through voting on Twitter. 

Is he basically an idiot?

Yes! Musk may be a billionaire, but it does not make him a sensibleMaking good and reasonable decisions. person. He seems to say and do things without really thinking. 

No! He has run many very successful companies and made lots of money. He could not do that if he was an idiot.