Elon Musk says that he doesn't "stand by all the tweets I've ever done" in a new interview with $4- "Some of them were definitely extremely dumb," Musk told his biographer, Ashlee Vance.
- Musk is known for being a prolific and, occasionally, reckless tweeter. In 2018, he tweeted that he had the "
funding secured " to takeTesla private, which sparked a Securities and Exchange Commission investigation that resulted in a $40 million fine. - More recently, Musk has tweeted his displeasure about how the
coronavirus crisis was handled by US state governments, calling the response to the outbreak a "panic" and "dumb."
Elon Musk is known for being a prolific and, oftentimes, controversial tweeter. But even the Tesla and
In a new interview with his biographer, Ashlee Vance, in $4, Musk discussed his recent behavior on
"Look, you can either say things that are not controversial at all, and then you're boring, and nobody cares," Musk said. "Some of the things I say, I would like to retract them. It's not like I stand by all the tweets I've ever done. Some of them were definitely extremely dumb."
While Musk didn't specify which tweets he would retract if he could, he has been reckless on Twitter on several occasions, most notably in 2018 when he tweeted that he would take Tesla private, $4 The tweet sparked a Securities and Exchange Commission investigation that resulted in Musk and Tesla being fined $20 million apiece. Musk also agreed to step down as Tesla's chairman for three years, and Tesla was required to form a special committee to oversee Musk's communications.
More recently, Musk tweeted that Tesla's stock price is "too high," and has used Twitter to $4 and the state response in the US. In March, he described concern over the coronavirus outbreak as a "panic" and "dumb," and he's since tweeted incorrect information, such as his theory that children are "essentially immune" to the virus. Musk has also tweeted about flouting lockdown orders in California, where one of his Tesla factories is based, saying $4. (Tesla has since been $4 in California.)
In his personal life, Musk has been equally unrestrained. He recently said that he would sell all of his physical belonging and would "own no house." He has since listed five of his mansions as "for sale by owner," part of $4