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Elon Musk says he was forced to buy Twitter for legal reasons- BBC News

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Elon Musk has said that owning Twitter has been “quite painful” and “a rollercoaster”, in an interview with the BBC.

The multi-billionaire entrepreneur said he would sell the company if the right person came along.

Mr Musk, who also runs car maker Tesla and rocket firm SpaceX, bought Twitter for $44bn (£35.4bn) in 2022.

He admitted he only went ahead with the takeover because he knew he would be forced to in legal proceedings.

Clive Myrie presents BBC News at Ten reporting by James Clayton in California.

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  1. @bibekbajyu1364

    January 4, 2024 at 7:05 am

    Rnmuri Bnmuri

  2. @mac-castleprime

    January 4, 2024 at 7:05 am

    I can tell you that I am not the CEO of Twitter, my Dog 🐶 is the CEO of twitter, this man is also a comedian 😂 😂 😂, I just love his vibes and style, just beyond imagination

  3. @outdoorsy01

    January 4, 2024 at 7:05 am

    When a company can force you to buy them, you know the world is corrupt

  4. @iQ_ui

    January 4, 2024 at 7:05 am

    Bigger oprtun❤… we don't establish as soon as soon we need Marchant and alite platform to agenda as anaconda paints

  5. @Rob8729

    January 4, 2024 at 7:05 am

    And now the CORRUPT American government wants to know why he bought the company.

  6. @disf5178

    January 4, 2024 at 7:05 am

    BBC is so ridiculous. All the lights and shiny furniture. All the coiffed hosts. All such twits.

  7. @Likit257

    January 4, 2024 at 7:05 am

    JAMES CLAYTON EXPOSED! BBC EXPOSED! CERTAINLY U WONT FORGET IT! ROGUE BBC ROGUE CLAYTON! GOVERNMENT FUNDED IS THE RIGHT WORD FOR BEEBEESEIZE! THIS IS HOW THEY RAN THEIR AGENDA FOR THE LAST 100+ YEARS! DISINFORMATION MASTERS

  8. @Likit257

    January 4, 2024 at 7:05 am

    Musk is authentic, the so called Journalist is nervous and supercilious. Glad he did not get away with his superciliousness and his inabilities and hypocrisy was starkly exposed!

  9. @gracemwende8054

    January 4, 2024 at 7:05 am

  10. @garyrobinson3315

    January 4, 2024 at 7:05 am

    Can't believe the BBC on anything

  11. @stefan2796

    January 4, 2024 at 7:05 am

    Still a very bad business decision and he paid way too much money for it.

  12. @pacea6213

    January 4, 2024 at 7:05 am

    wheres the part that Elon expose you? u cut it or something?

  13. @will201084

    January 4, 2024 at 7:05 am

    He was forced to cash in that check his mouth wrote 😆

  14. @dynamitedingo7720

    January 4, 2024 at 7:05 am

    I periodically come back to this interview, it is entertaining watching him own this guy

  15. @raizgabe3795

    January 4, 2024 at 7:05 am

    its not worthy even a bilions

  16. @HTHAMMACK1

    January 4, 2024 at 7:05 am

    ROTFLMAO! He wasted 44 billion dollars so he could promote himself and own the Libs. Musk is an idiot born with a gold spoon in his mouth.

  17. @restlessdj2094

    January 4, 2024 at 7:05 am

    Forced to buy twitter 😂 did they hold a gun to his head , totally misleading statement

  18. @avatansdubey

    January 4, 2024 at 7:05 am

    Sad that such a channel has stopped to such a low level of becoming a propaganda machinery, than giving unbiased news.
    The slant is so obvious. Sad.

  19. @jimjones5419

    January 4, 2024 at 7:05 am

    What a flog bbc cockroaches

  20. @MollgraveInvention

    January 4, 2024 at 7:05 am

    Nah he wasn't forced. It was his decision. He wanted this.

  21. @nathanmartin2153

    January 4, 2024 at 7:05 am

    No, he was held to his word, and spoiled rich kid manbaby couldn't weasle his way out of it

  22. @allygraham7454

    January 4, 2024 at 7:05 am

    Heavily edited, usual BBC, absolute joke of a media company. MSM are against the people, too far gone now.

  23. @rustyshaklferd1897

    January 4, 2024 at 7:05 am

    Yeah I can’t watch this edited abortion. BBC you are as misleading as YouTube, Facebook, and Twitter was before Elon bought it. I hope you are held accountable for this misinformation that caused thousands of deaths and cost $trillions.

  24. @rustyshaklferd1897

    January 4, 2024 at 7:05 am

    Why isn’t the whole interview unedited available? I know YouTube is still censoring the truth, is the bbc still censoring it as well or is it available off this platform? The guy from the bbc interviewing Elon is pushing misinformation during the interview.

  25. @gracemwende8054

    January 4, 2024 at 7:05 am

    My heart we are tongetha foreva ,I rirax because I dont see you,only your dogs baby❤ ,even if I lie to my self that u dont love you, my heart is frozen,my Soul is unhappy,pleace forgive me, Mr elon musk my heart foreva ,tongetha ,

  26. @devduguay2814

    January 4, 2024 at 7:05 am

    Bbc cuts the interviews to smear all their guests. How are they in buisness.

  27. @gerrardanderson6376

    January 4, 2024 at 7:05 am

    YOU MISSED A BIG CHUNK OF THAT INTERVIEW OUT THERE MATE

  28. @KarpucMotoring

    January 4, 2024 at 7:05 am

    YOUR A SHITTY JOURNALIST

  29. @KarpucMotoring

    January 4, 2024 at 7:05 am

    One of the richest? THE richest

  30. @user-ry8og3tf4q

    January 4, 2024 at 7:05 am

    Bbc is a clown organisation…really disguating organisation and it sickens me to imagine the amount of incorrect biased and evil information broadcasted by these peasants to the system…im so glad the world is changing and people are opening their eyes

  31. @pratikrevankar

    January 4, 2024 at 7:05 am

    Elon musk roasting that BBC journalist was fun😅

  32. @ewoods7753

    January 4, 2024 at 7:05 am

    Changing government funded to public funding because the public pay taxes to the government and the government funds the bbc. The governments money is taxpayer money and taxpayer are members of the public.😂

  33. @bengissing555

    January 4, 2024 at 7:05 am

    ah the BBC. So credible and honest. Boomers love it and I can see why.

  34. @thealphabong9195

    January 4, 2024 at 7:05 am

    BBC is just a puppet. World has WOKE

  35. @mr.e3065

    January 4, 2024 at 7:05 am

    Musk was forced to buy Twitter by Beijing. They control 50% of his profits. He and Twitter are now being used for SUBVERSION.

  36. @clinteastwood2741

    January 4, 2024 at 7:05 am

    Ridiculous editing

  37. @janetmurphy7053

    January 4, 2024 at 7:05 am

    Per the reporter's commentary, I saw nothing enlightening in this. I saw: "I had to buy Twitter for way to much money due to my own reckless decision-making" and "Banning Tik Tok would help my failing company Twitter, but I don't really like to ban things." That is visionary stuff right there.

  38. @drkarenbukharibukhari9931

    January 4, 2024 at 7:05 am

    Sir elon musk I want to be hired by you thinks thanks again

  39. @samshim3149

    January 4, 2024 at 7:05 am

    I feel like they really missed the mark with this edit. I get that the whole interview wasn't gonna fit into this video, but they cut out the only question that even mattered: Does James Clayton like BBC?

  40. @unbounddead407

    January 4, 2024 at 7:05 am

    Lmao bbc really thinks their in the right how embarrassing

  41. @pcihector

    January 4, 2024 at 7:05 am

    He looks so uncomfortable talking about the interview going live. We know why.

  42. @keepleft

    January 4, 2024 at 7:05 am

    2:39 so he paid $44 billion for a company that was about to go bankrupt immediately…this man is a GENIUS!

  43. @mohammedmutahir5126

    January 4, 2024 at 7:05 am

    Real interview BBC gets destroyed, but they won’t show you that! Good on Elon for exposing BBC for always reporting fake/ misleading news

  44. @HaveOptimism

    January 4, 2024 at 7:05 am

    BBC= Big Bullshitting Corporation

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