“Several of Elon Musk’s friends privately counseled him against acquiring Twitter, once they realized that he wasn’t joking around,” Axios reports.
“Musk didn’t take the advice. He’s now is trying to back out of his $44 billion agreement, with a trial set for next month in Delaware.”
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