Businessman Elon Musk, who is set to finalize his Twitter purchase next Friday, walked into the social network’s San Francisco, US headquarters with a shell.
In a tweet, the philanthropist, who is of three different nationalities (South African, Canadian and North American), wrote: “Entering Twitter headquarters – let it soak in!”, which in Portuguese translates to “Entering Twitter headquarters – think “. “.
The expression the Tesla owner uses takes on a different meaning when he appears in a video holding a sink (sink, in English) at Twitter headquarters.
Musk’s $44 billion (about 43.6 billion euros) deal to take over the social network is due by Friday, although there is no evidence of the deal’s completion in the released video.
Representatives for Twitter and Musk did not comment on the matter, but the company confirmed the veracity of the video.
The businessman also changed his Twitter profile, identifying himself as “Chief Twit” and changed his location to the social network’s San Francisco headquarters, indicating a deal had been made.
A Friday deadline for completing the deal was set by a Delaware court in early October.
It’s the latest move in a battle that saw Musk sign a deal to acquire Twitter and then attempt to back out, prompting the social network to sue the Tesla CEO to force him to complete the deal.
If both sides miss the deadline set on Friday, the next step could be a retrial in November.
