Elon's First Month At Twitter -- Donald Trump, Layoffs, Ultimatums, Blue Check Marks

CBS San Francisco

November 28, 2022

Sunday officially marks one month since the world's richest man took the helm at Twitter.

In that time, Elon Musk initiated mass layoffs and gave remaining staffers a cryptic ultimatum, reinstated the accounts of controversial figures including former President Donald Trump, and launched -- then punted -- a plan to charge for Twitter's iconic blue checkmarks.

After spending months embroiled in an unsuccessful legal battle to get out of his initial proposal to buy Twitter, Musk made his first splashy entrance into the company's offices on Oct. 26, carrying a sink. (In a video of the incident shared on Twitter, he wrote: "Entering Twitter HQ -- let that sink in!)

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