Elon Musk Strolls Into Twitter HQ — Carrying a Sink — as Takeover Deadline Looms

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Elon Musk has posted a surreal video of him entering Twitter with a sink as a crucial deadline for his takeover fast approaches.

Both sides have until Friday to finalize the $44 billion deal — which comes after seven months of bitter infighting. If they fail, the matter will go to the Delaware Court of Chancery.

Footage showed him strolling into Twitter's San Francisco headquarters with his unusual prop — a building that he once suggested should be turned into a homeless shelter.

The 51-year-old has also changed his Twitter bio to "Chief Twit" — and now lists his location as Twitter HQ.

We have absolutely no idea why he decided to stroll into the company carrying a sink. Perhaps it relates to an old saying of "throwing the kitchen sink" at something — indicating that you're planning to give it your all. The punchline that Musk went for was:

"Entering Twitter HQ — let that sink in!"

Funny. Very funny.

It's also worth noting that, in business circles, "kitchen sinking" is a term used to describe plans to take radical action at a company.

U-Turn on Job Cuts

The Washington Post recently reported that Musk was planning to cut 75% of Twitter's workforce — in another blow to morale for staff at the social network.

Critics raised fears that this would have a huge impact on security, and make hack attacks and inappropriate content much more likely. In the worst-case scenario, there were also concerns that Twitter may struggle to get back online if systems failed.

But according to Bloomberg, Musk does not intend to go through with such drastic layoffs — and denied this number while addressing staff in the office. However, some redundancies are still expected.

Twitter's share price currently stands at $53.35 — less than $1 off the $54.20 per share that Musk had initially offered all the way back in April.