Jack Dorsey: Elon Musk is the ‘singular solution I trust’ to run Twitter

Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey has stated his approval of Elon Musk’s deal to buy the social media site for $44 billion.

Reacting to news of the takeover agreement on Twitter, Dorsey posted a link to the Radiohead song “Everything In Its Right Place,” and said Musk is the “singular solution I trust” to run the company he co-created in 2006.

“I trust his mission to extend the light of consciousness,” he said. Dorsey, who stepped down as CEO in November, said, “Twitter is the closest thing we have to a global consciousness.” Dorsey expressed regret that Twitter was operating as a public company and said, “taking it back from Wall Street is the correct first step.”

“In principle, I don’t believe anyone should own or run Twitter. It wants to be a public good at a protocol level, not a company,” Dorsey wrote. “Solving for the problem of it being a company, however, Elon is the singular solution I trust.” He added, “Elon’s goal of creating a platform that is ‘maximally trusted and broadly inclusive’ is the right one.”

Dorsey said current Twitter CEO Parag Agrawal had the same vision, which was why he handed over the company’s reins to Agrawal in November. Addressing Agrawal and Musk, he said: “Thank you both for getting the company out of an impossible situation. This is the right path…I believe it with all my heart.”

One former Twitter executive had a different take and told Insider employees were worried about Musk’s tendencies toward “hot takes” and “knee-jerk reactions.”

“Musk taking over is a bad outcome,” the former executive told Insider’s Kali Hays. “He doesn’t get it and employees are concerned that he doesn’t get it.”