US IF IT DOES.
WE LOVE HAVING YOU ON, THANK
YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
LIZ: TESLA CEO ELON MUSK, HE
JOLTED FINANCIAL MARKETS WITH A
TWEET, CONSIDERING TAKING TESLA
PRIVATE.
WE WANT TO GET TO GUY WITH
BUSINESS CHARLIE GASPARINO, WHAT
A TWEET.
>> YEAH.
BIZARRE WHAT HAPPENED BEFORE THE
TWEET AND AFTER THE TWEET, PUT
IT IN CONTEXT, TESLA IS A
HEAVILY SHORTED STOCK.
FAIR TO SAY THAT ELON MUSK IS AT
WAR ON THE SHORTS, HE HAS BEEN
LASHING OUT AT REPORTERS,
CERTAIN SHORT SELLERS, CLAIMING
CONSPIRE TREES DRIVE DOWN
SHARES.
RECENT BETTER THAN EXPECTED FOR
THE, THEN THIS TODAY, STOCK WAS
HEADING YOU KNOW DOWN, EARLY
TRADING.
THEN A STORY LEAKED IN
"FINANCIAL TIMES" THAT SAID THAT
HE WAS GOING TO BUY ABOUT 3 TO
5% OF TWITTER SHARE -- TESLA
SHARES, AND THEN, NOT LONG
AFTER, MINUTES LATER, COMES A
TWEET HE IS CONSIDERING GOING
PUBLIC.
HE DID NOT DISCLOSE IT IN PRESS
RELEASE BUT ON HIS TWITTER PAGE.
AND STOCK, TOOK OFF.
THERE IS A QUESTION WHETHER IRKE
THERE IS A QUESTION WHETHER IRKO
MUSKLG
MUSK VIOLATED DISCLOSURE NEWS,
TWITTER, THAT THEY ARE PROBABLY
OKAY WITH THAT, IN A MIGHT GET
ISSUES IS WITH HOW THIS LEAKED
OUT ABOUT SAUDI WEALTH FUND.
WHO LEAKD THAT AND WHY.
AND THEN, DID --
AND THEN, DID W-
AND THEN, DID WHAT HE TWEETED
OUT, I AM CONSIDERING DOING
THIS, I HAVE FUNDING SECURED, IS
THAT ACCURATE.
LIZ: THAT IS THE POINT, HAVE YOU
GREAT SOURCES, WHAT IF HE AS
YOU MAKE A GOOD POINT ABOUT HIM,
THAT PITTED BATTLE WITH SHORTS,
WHO KNOWS IF HE IS JUST TWEETING
OUT TO TAKE OUT THE SHORTS AND
CREATE MORE DEAD SHORTS.
>> THE SHORTS ARE I SPOKE WITH
SOME TODAY, THEY ARE SAYING THAT
SOME TODAY, THEY ARE SAYING THA
THAT.
A FUNDAMENTAL ORIENTED SHORT
SELLER, HE LOOKS AT NUMBERS.
HE DOES NOT TWEET OUT.
SHORT THIS STOCK, SHORTS GOT
KILLED TODAY, REAL QUESTION, AND
I AM NOT CASTING ASPERSIONS ON
HIM, BUT IF HE DID NOT HAVE
FINANCING SECURE FOR TAKING IT
PRIVATE, THIS IS A BIG CHUNK OF
CHANGE.
70 TO 80 BILLION.
THAT WOULD BE BY FAR, LARGEST
LBO IN HISTORY OF LBO'S.
AM I GETTING NUMBERS RIGHT.
LIZ: IT SOUNDS RIGHT.
>> CHECK MY NUMBERS, IF HE DOES
NOT HAVE FINANCING SECURED AND
HE TWEETED HE DID, THAT WOULD BE
A PROBLEM.
LIZ: THAT MEANS ME WAS TAKING
OUT SHORTS.
