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How the banks salvaged Elon’s X debt.

When Musk bought Twitter, the banks that backed him were left with almost $13 billion of debt that was quickly branded toxic. Three years on, they’ve mostly made their money back, boosted by Trump’s election and a little help from Elon himself. As one banker put it: “It was a bet on the world’s richest man, and it paid off.”

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