Twitter, Musk, and Trump

I was inspired by the High-Ku challenge to write about one of the most important developments in the social media world, i.e. Musk's takeover of Twitter and his desperate attempts to attract more eyeballs to the platform and stop exodus of advertisers and reputable news organizations. So here are my haiku verses on Twitter's demise and impending death:

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Twitter, best news app

Musk brought back Trump's vile account

I deleted mine.

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Best for breaking news,

Twitter sold to Musk for billions

Millions have left it.

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"Let that sink in!" he said,

Then fired engineers and staff.

Musk killed Twitter.

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"People have spoken!" Musk said,

Brought back Trump's putrid page.

People voted, leaving.

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"I'll buy it!" Musk said

of Twitter, a toy for his ego.

Bought and broke it.

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"I'll buy it!" he said,

"But not with my own money."

Tesla shares went down.

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Thanks to Quick Edit button, I can add to this saga as new developments unfold. The haiku below were added after the original publication.

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"Please stay, please don't leave!"

Musk begged advertisers.

Exodus goes on.

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For sale on Twitter

Three colored checks: Gold, gray, blue

Bankruptcy's looming.

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"I'll fix it!" Musk said

of Twitter he broke; then brought

His bros, "You fix it!"

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"I'll step down as Chief!"

Mask said as Tesla stock fell;

Tesla's still dropping.

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"Found no successor!"

Musk said, trapped as Twitter Chief.

Tesla is dying.

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“Still no successor!”

Chief Twit said, “I’ll do it all!”

Twitter is dying.

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"He's the worst!" Musk said

Of fired disabled designer

Tesla stock plummeted.

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“It’s all good!” he said

As Twitter source code was hacked.

Musk’s still killing it.

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"It's worth less!" Musk said.

Twitter's twenty billion now,

Bought for forty-four.

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"It will make money

eventually," Musk said.

"For now, it's my toy."

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"I was FORCED to buy,"

Musk said of dying Twitter.

"Now I wanna sell."

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"They must pay!" Musk said,

Removed old Twitter blue checks;

Can't see my people.

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"It all went south fast,"

Dorsey said of Chief Twit Musk

"We'll build Bluesky soon!"

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"I've found her!" Musk said

of new Twitter Chief, adding

"Won't wash my hands off!"

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“I’ll launch it!” Musk said

Of Ron’s presidential bid.

T’was a disaster.

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"I'm all for free speech!"

Musk said, closing accounts of

Erdogan's rivals.

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"Let's fight!" Elon said

To Mark, who met the challenge.

Musk's mom called it off.

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"New logo!" Musk said,

"It'll be X forever!"

He has axed Twitter.

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One year after sale,

Twitter is worth four billion.

Musk paid forty-four.

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“Go f*** yourself!” Mask said

To advertisers fleeing X

From his racist posts.

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“I won’t answer you!”

Musk told Don Lemon ‘bout Jews.

“Contract is cancelled.”

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“Don’t like your cult!” Musk

said stopping 45 million a month

He’d promised to Trump.

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“Let’s talk on my X!”

Musk offered his help to Trump.

They both bombed bigly.

“I’ll give you a child,

And protect your cat” Musk Xed.

TayTay laughed out loud.

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October 8, 2024 update:

Today's Exit X Day.

Many users closed accounts.

How many exactly?

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Post-election update:

Musk math: Spent $280 million,

Buy a pocket president,

Then get huge tax cuts.

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Dec.20, 2024 update:

"Musk is not my boss,"

Trump had all journalists know,

"I'm the president!"

Feb.2025 update:

Man and his baby

Gave a presser in Oval

While man-baby watched.

Update as of June 6, 2025

"Impeach Trump, I gave

him the election!," Musk said.

Spiders in the jar.

"No more government

contracts for Elon!" Trump truthed.

"Epstein files!" Musk cried.

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"Bros please no. We love

you both so much!" Ye tweeted.

"Girl fight!" AOC chimed in.