he is not only weighing taking the decision to directly to shareholders but secured more funding than the current offer calls for so gives him wiggle room should he want to increase his bid. musk is putting out $21 billion himself. the remaining 25 1/2 will be loaned by a group of banks led by morgan stanley including a 12 1/2 billion load pegged to the value of the tesla shares. he is in talks with private equity term to finance that. he continues to provide us with a preview of what twitter might look like under his control tweeting if our twitter bid succeeds we ll defeat the spam bots or die trying. he is fighting strong calls for more oversight. in an address stanford university yesterday barack obama implored big tech. they check on the power of
a hostile tender allows him to birps the board and put the decision directly in the hands of shareholders with new financing he has the money to do so. elon has consistently reaffirmed his takeover attempt is not about economics but preserving free speech. it s important to function ever democracy. important to the function of the united states. civilizational risk is decreased if twitter the more recan increase the trust of twitter as a public platform. just this afternoon musk already previewing what twitter might look like under his control tweeting if our twitter bid succeeds we will defeat the spam box or die trying. musk, of course, needs to have his bid accepted before he can fix anything. the stock currently though sits well below his $54 bid. so, bret, now we wait for twitter. bret: the saga continues is it coming to a head pretty soon. twitter reports earnings a