JForrest English : Elon musk says he will resign as twitter CEO after securing successor

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Elon musk says he will resign as twitter CEO after securing successor

resign - quit the job

successor - new leader

predecessor - old leader

The billionaire posted a poll over the weekend asking twitter users if he should step down the majority voted "yes."

step down - to voluntarily leave a position/title 

Elon musk on tuesday claimed he will resign as CEO of twitter once he has found a replacement

replacement - pengganti

"I will resign as CEO as soon as i find someone foolish enough to take the job! After that, I will just run the software & serves teams," the billionaire tweeted.

foolish - unwise, stupid, or not showing good judgement

it was foolish of me to step down as captain

I'm afraid of looking when i speak

run - lead, manage

I ran the marketing team for 5 years (past simple)

I've run the marketing team for 5 years

Started in the past, but continues until now (present perfect)

On sunday, Musk posted a poll on the social media platform asking users if he should step down as its head, and said he would abide by the results

abide by - follow the rules/regulations

When you travel in a foreign country, you must abide by its rules

More than 17.5 million votes were cast a majority - 57.5% - voted yes

cast - to look

1 person, 2 people

The majority of people voted yes

The majority of employees want to work from home

Shortly after posting the poll, musk had said he did not have anyone lined up to take over. "No one wants the job who can actually keep twitter alive. There is no successor, " he tweeted.

lined up - ready, available

Do you have anyone lined up to present?

We have a great presented lined up

take over - to take responsibility

Can you take over this project while I'm on vacation 

Musk appointed himself CEO less than two months ago, shortly after finalizing his $44 billion takeover of twitter at the end of october. He immediately dissolved the company's board of directors, fired top executives and laid off around half the company's workforce

Since then, the self-avowed "free speech absolutist" has made a long list of erratic changes to the company's policies, including those pertaining to content moderation, suspended users and promotion of compertitors

erratic - adj - moving or behaving in a way that is not regular, vertain, or expected

My book is very erratic, yesterday he hired a marketing firm and today he fired them

My husband is an erratic driver

He has repeatedly on personal whims, and enacted major changes on the platform based on "yes" or "no" twitter polls.

A whim - a sudden wish or idea especially one that cannot be reasonabily explained 

I quit my job "on a whim" 

I cooked a trip to germany on a whim

Last week, he attracted enormous backlash after twitter suddenly and without explanation suspended several prominent tech journalists who had reported on him. He later accused them of effectively sharing his "assassination coordinates" by reporting on a twitter account that tracked his private plane's flights.

enormous - extremely large

prominent - important or well knows / easily seen