Hastings added that he is “100% convinced” that Musk is “trying to help the world
in all his endeavors,” and added that he was “excited” about Musk’s Twitter
acquisition. Musk “just spent all this money for democracy and society to have a
more open platform — and I am sympathetic to that,” Hastings said.
I may be in an overly cynical mood, but the word "trying" in that phrase changes the color quite a bit, and frankly, the word didn't need to be there. Carefully parsed, the addition is not a ringing endorsement as it appears on the surface.
