Do you honestly think your first sentence has anything to do with public/media reaction? I mean honestly? Because the same reaction happened in April when none of this had occurred. There had been a turn against Musk before the Twitter acquisition was even a thought. I just find it interesting.
I honestly do. He's done a really bad job of consistently explaining why he would be a good person to entrust twitter too. He can be great in certain interviews. I think here he does a pretty good job of staying professional and building his case:
But in April he was like chief internet meme operator manipulating dogecoin markets and building a case for free speech absolutism. So yeah, I 100% honestly believe that the public and media's reaction is mostly rational.