Let that sink in! Elon Musk struts around Twitter HQ with washbasin in hand ahead of $44bn buyout deadline

Anything and everything billionaire Elon Musk does is bound to create ripples, not only in the virtual world but also in the real world. On Wednesday, Elon Musk created a stir after he visited the Twitter headquarters ahead of the deadline to close his USD 44 billion buyout deal. The Tesla chief was seen walking in the lobby of the office based in San Francisco carrying a sink.

The SpaceX Chief took to his Twitter account to share a video of him sauntering around holding a sink. “Entering Twitter HQ - let that sink in!” tweeted Musk. The billionaire can be seen walking around casually with a wide grin. His move comes at a time when there has been apprehensions around his takeover and the chatter surrounding potential layoffs. Around the same time, the billionaire technocrat also changed his Twitter bio to ‘Chief Twit’.

Musk has been given time until Friday to close his agreement to acquire the social media giant by a US court. This would essentially mean that the months-long melodramatic acquisition tussle will finally come to an end. There have been several back-and-forths between Musk and Twitter in the past few months.

Regardless of his dramatic entry to the San Francisco office, it is still not clear if the acquisition has been finalised. In the midst of the Internet frenzy over Musk’s video, Twitter has reportedly confirmed that the video was real, however, the social media giant has refrained from making any further comments.

Musk and his buyout proposal has been making headlines ever since his announcement to acquire the platform in April this year. The 51-year-old had accused Twitter of violating the purchase agreement by misrepresenting the number of fake bot and spam accounts. Along with the accusation, Musk had terminated the deal in July.

Even as the deadline nears, it has been reported that the morale of the Twitter staff seems to be going down after Musk claimed his plans to cut 75 per cent of the staff following his takeover. According to a report by Punks and Pinstripes, as many as 530 employees have stepped down in the last three months. The report stated that there has been a 60 per cent increase in the number of workers leaving the company in the quarter.