it is such an odd behavior under the context of that interview that the most direct conclusion is someone, somewhere, made a deal with alex to ambush Malone right out of the gate.
Alex may or may not have really been a black sheep after leaving NYT, but for whatever reason he has blown up his subscriber base on substack, presumably because this will be more profitable.
Yup. And it was a twofer. Attack Malone and attack Ivermectin.
Now who could possibly want to do that.
Alex is not moving to substack from a position of strength.
Not sure this will help him.