Here is one source in case anyone of you is curious:
https://www.politico.eu/article/go-fuck-yourself-elon-musk-x-twitter-hits-out-at-fleeing-advertisers/
To me it seems Elon got triggered by the interviewer when he got asked about advertisers and the renevue Twitter/X is missing out/bledding. I don't know about you guys, but to me Elon is not supposed to try and act cocky and swear in public like that, it does not look professional at all.
I know he is trying to go with his typical attitude of eccentric and all-mighty billionaire, buy in my opinion it would be better if he focused in getting some advertisers in and tried to increase the value of the platform, at this pace it may be just matter of time before a serious competition to Twitter appears.
The whole story looks a little different. He said that he will not fall to blackmail, especially if they blackmail him with money... which is expected from him, who has a lot of money. I think he deserves respect for this, at least from our crypto side, he said NO to the system, to the FIAT system. And if you think it's cocky you need to check why "BIG NAMES" started to back out from advertising on Twitter.
I think that Elon is trying to enter the big league by his own rules, and we will see will he succeeds in that. For now, I enjoy watching him fighting about some "traditionalists".
Refreshing to see someone approach the whole Elon Musk saga with a differentiated point of view.
Just look what our friend fmr. SEC Chair Jay Clayton had to say about Elon Musk. I thought he would be ranting about Elon Musk at least to a certain degree, but he took a very differentiated stance on some of the statements Elon Musk made. I watched the entire interview with Musk and as you correctly said, this is not about arrogance when he said "GFY" (as he repeats a couple of times). He explains that there is no reason for anyone to respect people who want to see you dead. Like literally destroyed. He is also making a lot of respectable points that I could not verify, like complying with a hundred millions of regulations etc., but I think this is why the follow up talk with Jay Clayton brings some value here. He did not contradict Musk and I was a bit impressed because the SEC and Musk have a nice relationship with each other
I liked the part when Musk said that his life is about physics and that is mostly what counts, not whether someone likes him or hates him because when you break physics, it breaks you. Opinions can break without collateral damage. He said if he shoots a rocket to the moon, it all is about whether it explodes or not. That's all people will be interested in once they use a rocket. Not whether he is an asshole. And he has got a point there.