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I take that particular insult to be something spontaneous and the purchase of twitter to be something more considered.


Only if he intends to through with it. Without making any claims; it is in the realms of possibility that a pissed off billionaire would intentionally tank the stock price of a company whose board offended them and make a small profit, or small loss (relatively), depending on the spread of shares he'd already bought. Even if the stock price doesn't tank, they'd spin wheels for weeks, while mired in busywork.




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