To be clear, you're saying my first point is wrong (it's not a stunt/he can't back out) because he's already put his money where his mouth is? If so, I'd believe you!

But it's still weird to me that the reporting isn't framed more around his history of lying or changing his mind about stuff (e.g. "Here's how we know that Elon Musk is ACTUALLY serious about buying Twitter"). He's already lied about securing funding to take a company private!