Musk explains Twitter operating with 20% of Staff: 'Not Running a Glorified Activist Organization'

MUSK: I really get most of my news from Twitter at this point. It is the number 1 news source in the world, at this point.

CARLSON: What percentage of your staff did you fire a Twitter? One of the great business story of the year.

MUSK: I think we’re at about 20% of the original size.

CARLSON: So 80% left.

MUSK: Yes. A lot of people voluntarily.

CARLSON: Sure. But 80% are gone.

MUSK: That’s correct.

CARLSON: How do you run the company with only 20% of the staff?

MUSK: It turns out you don’t need all that many people to run Twitter.

CARLSON: 80%? That's a lot.

MUSK: Yes. I mean, if you’re not trying to run some sort of glorified activist organization and you don’t care that much about censorship then you can really let go of a lot of people, it turns out.