Of Musk And Machiavelli

Published: Aug. 9, 2018, 2:43 p.m.

The SEC is now investigating the veracity of Elon Musk’s claim to have secured funding to take Tesla private. I’m skeptical of Musk’s tweet because the company has not produced any proof of funding over the past 48 hours and because Tesla’s board has given the impression that the idea is far from fully developed. But the fundamental reasons for my skepticism is that Musk has abused Twitter before. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices