Elon Musk cited a Putin speech in private texts with a banker, saying the Twitter deal wouldn't make sense 'if we're heading into World War 3'

In private texts, Musk said it wouldn't make sense to buy Twitter if we were heading into World War 3.

The private texts came to light in a hearing on Tuesday about pushing back a trial over Musk's deal to buyTwitter. In July, Musk said he was backing out of his agreement to buy the company and that he was upset with the way it was being handled.

Morgan Stanley is financing part of Musk's deal. The billionaire mentioned a speech from Putin. In his speech for Russia's 77th anniversary of victory over Nazi Germany, Putin claimed that the West was preparing for an invasion of Russia.

"Let's take a few days to think about it," the lawyer said, reading out Musk's text messages. Tomorrow's speech by Putin is crucial. If we're going into World War 3, it won't make sense to buy a social media platform.

Alex Spiro is a lawyer for Musk and he said the characterization of the texts in court was nonsense. Next week, the full text chain is expected to be filed.

In April, Musk agreed to take it private. In July, when Musk said he was dropping the deal, he was sued to enforce the contract and make him acquire it at the agreed upon price. The court battle will go to a five-day trial in October and Musk is expected to be on the back foot.

Before Tuesday's hearing, Musk's lawyers cited a complaint from the former CISO of the company, who told Congress last month that they were inadequately dealing with security issues. The issues Zatko presented needed more time.

Musk's only motivation for trying to get out of the deal is personal financial concerns, according to the company's lawyer, who read Musk's text messages. Lawyers for Musk argued that there was no proof that he dropped the deal because of economic concerns. His lawyer said at the hearing that the theory about what really happened is not what really happened.

According to the legal team for the CEO of the company, the social media company misled him about the number of daily users on its site.

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