He had no access to internals during that time, and the calibre of the 'planning' revealed during discovery in the trial was neither deep nor substantial.

There are now reports that some of those laid off are being asked to come back, in a belated recognition that it was a chaotic and flawed process.

Maybe he had access to internals. But do you really believe it's comparable to the SJ situation? He was the CEO and could talk to all the people in person. He spent most of his time understanding. It's seems very different now.

The months you’re referring to was spent trying to get out of the deal. It was not spent preparing for it to close.

Kara Swisher said some advertisers had told her, after a meeting with Musk last week in NY, that either he came to the meeting totally unprepared or he actually had no plan. He could not articulate a sensible plan to them.