I’ve had this cross my mind

They sold because there was no plausible larp they could concoct that would prevent shareholder mutiny. Elon offered them more than the stock was worth. The board can't reject that without breaching their fiduciary duty to the shareholders. And that for sure would be litigated. Not exactly a grey area of law.

Now the real question is, why didn't they put up one of their front groups like blackstone or vanguard or even Soros himself to "buy" it (likely on our taxdollar dime) so Elon didn't get it? Was Russia in Ukraine a problem to funding such a venture? Seems odd that not a single frothing at the mouth marxist capital group (irony duly noted) stepped up to the plate here.

Link at bottom is a good read.

I, DONALD J. TRUMP, President of the United States of America, find that the prevalence and severity of human rights abuse and corruption that have their source, in whole or in substantial part, outside the United States, such as those committed or directed by persons listed in the Annex to this order, have reached such scope and gravity that they threaten the stability of international political and economic systems…The United States seeks to impose tangible and significant consequences on those who commit serious human rights abuse or engage in corruption, as well as to protect the financial system of the United States from abuse by these same persons.

I therefore determine that serious human rights abuse and corruption around the world constitute an unusual and extraordinary threat to the national security, foreign policy, and economy of the United States, and I hereby declare a national emergency to deal with that threat.

https://exopolitics.org/trump-executive-order-targets-deep-state-opens-door-to-full-disclosure/

https://qalerts.app/?q=Twitter+ first these

CIA didn't own it,the Saudis had a large block,but they flipped.

Could be a matter of leverage. Musk had the leverage to buy the stock at a premium, which forced investors (the board) to take the offer. So some of that leverage is likely in the form of other investors working with Musk.

Also, Musk came a long at a time when Twitter was vulnerable. They didn't see him as the threat he's become, and he also threatened to expose the company as being mostly fake - bots made up over half their traffic. So selling out seemed like the safer option.

On the other hand, the CIA pushed Twitter to the forefront, and used their leverage to install DS players, and get companies to spend their advertising $$ at Twitter. Once the company went public, that limited the CIA's ability to control Twitter. They could through their minions, but not directly. They also lost leverage as the company grew, and institutional investors got involved.

Elon? Elon who? The face doesn’t match from years ago. I can understand maybe the hair is a wig or plugs but do some facial comparison and see if a computer can match them. I believe we are watching a show and most if not everyone are actors. If you can accept the president of the USA is an actor then anyone else also being actors should be plausible.

MSDNC controls what you see [digital echo]. TWITTER- FB - GOOG control what you see and what trends [digital echo]. Hollywood ['stars'] swarm to enforce ['trend' echo]. Blue checkmarks swarm to enforce [d]

Dude it’s a public company they can’t say no