After Musk repeatedly defended his decision to cut off the analysts, the account @GlobalProTrader pointed out that, if Musk was concerned about these types of questions, he should've blocked these short-selling analysts from asking questions.

That point apparently changed Musk's mind. "True. And once they were on the call, I should have answered their questions live. It was foolish of me to ignore them"

Musk followed up his admission with a typically Muskian smoke-bomb of distraction, joking that his boring company flamethrowers should arrive just in time for the "short burn of the century."