Soldato
It's a good theory that makes sense.I suspect it's a bit of both, but prior to buying twitter his media coverage was far more managed by the companies he was involved in and he wasn't blurting his every thought and business decision out in public.
This is basically the first time he's had both full control, and operating solo in regards to PR
I wonder if there is anything left that could humble him now? Bring him back to reality? Losing your kids must turn your heart a bit more into stone each time. What can save Elon from himself now? Because he's just becoming a worse version as each week goes by. He gets booed off stage and he pretends its 90 percent cheers and 10 percent boos. The whole world laughs at him and he pretend it's just rhe haters that are going to hate (something that's blindly repeated by users on here).
I feel losing tesla is what may bring him back down to earth and realise to just stfu, but it could also be the catalyst that pushes him way further down this stupid path he's going down.
Like with this employee, why respond so publically. Why not publically say "hey, seen your tweets, let's chat about this. I'll direct message you now", and done. But instead, he has to make it public, and has to be such a brat about it.
It's obvious how this whole conversation will be perceived by the world, but then he can't help himself making a prat of himself and in doing so, harming the reputation of the companies he owns.
Do you think there is a single employee working for twitter, tesla, Spacex, that genuinely likes what they are seeing from Elon since he purchased twitter.