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Depends.
If he thinks Twitter is irreperably dying, this may be a way, in which he can get out of repaying the loans he used to (partially) fund the buyout of twitter.
If you're thinking this an "artist formerly known as Prince" sort of thing where Prince got out of a contract, I'm sure all the debt holders have the proper legal verbiage to have agreements remain valid in the event of a name change.
How does that get him out of the loans?
The lenders lawyer arrives at the Twitter office:
The bonesaw Saudi lenders :)
That makes me think of the theory about Saudi Arabia and probably other countries have had it in for Twitter since Arab Spring.
So this is just Elon doing as instructed: "Make Twitter disappear, but make it look like an accident"
Absolutely
At some point some creditor should be desperate enough to do a margin call, since the loan collateral is next to worthless.