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vegeta@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.world · 2 days ago

Musk blasts Trump: 'Without me, Trump would have lost'

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Elon Musk blasts Trump: 'Without me, Trump would have lost'
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Tesla boss Elon Musk was the biggest financial backer of Trump's campaign and led his DOGE effort. But they are at odds over a major budget bill.
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    Really, Elmo. Do go on . . .

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    There it is. In the war of narcissist v narcissist, we knew he’d say this.

    Edit: Have a nice day DJT!

    What a couple of douche canoes.

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      What would haven been even funnier for Musk to say is “Without me, Trump would have lost, again.”

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      War of roses? Nah, now it is a war of narcisses. How floweryshly cute. Mimimi…

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      A Narzisit? Vs A Narzist?

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        Nazishit i think is the official clinical term

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          Narzishit is the new word I’ll be using.

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      Civil war: the social media feud

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    Sounds election interferry

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      Election interference? Nah, it’s endorsement

      Corruption? Nah, it’s lobbyism

      As a French, I’ll never understand how this shit is legal in the USA. We’ve sued presidents for much less than that.

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        We had a chance to stop it a century ago. At this only a revolution can save us

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        Sued them with a guillotine?

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          That’s for kings because they cannot be sued.

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    WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump and Elon Musk’s alliance took off like one of SpaceX’s rockets. It was supercharged and soared high. And then it blew up.

    AP news is hiring comedians it seems

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      One of the major outlets headline is “The two worst people in the world are finally having a big, beautiful breakup”

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      They just have no interest in being nice and giving him the benefit of a doubt since they’re on the administrations shit list.

      If other outlets had backbones this is just what journalism looks like.

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      Guess where the fired onion writers went

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    Donnie, that’s what happens when you don’t say thank you.

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      or don’t wear a suit.

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    When the World’s Richest Man who spent a QUARTER OF A BILLION DOLLARS on ONE Candidate says “without me he would have lost”, what does that mean?

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      “I bought him fair and square, but now he’s defective. Can I get a refund?”

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        Also, we’re not in a democracy anymore.

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        Should have bought insurance

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      You know exactly what it means.

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    I will never forgive or forget Musk becoming a Nazi but God damn is this fight between these two going to be entertaining as fuck. Musk has to have dirt on him.

    I’m not rooting for either side I hope both sides destroy each other but damn I got to say I’m sort of a teensy bit on musk’s side right now. Just because my hatred for Trump is greater and if there’s going to be someone that brings him down it’s going to be Musk

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      I fondly remember celebrity deathmatch. I’m not cheering either of them, I just wanna see the blood.

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        I’ll allow it

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    Is he implying he manipulated the election? Or does it just sound like it?

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      For once in my life, I want musk to say more.

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        I want him to say much more. Starting with “No! Not there bees!”

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          The first question I want him to answer is “Do you swear or affirm to tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth?”

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            And then send the bees after that?

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      Trump outright said he had bribed politicians during his 2016 campaign. It doesn’t fucking matter.

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      Not implying, admitting. Here’s the data.

      https://sdvoice.info/trump-lost-vote-suppression-won-here-are-the-numbers/

      https://youtu.be/UgIay64Obcs

      https://youtu.be/t-yr-Mgkhm0

      https://electiontruthalliance.org/eta

      First and last links are the data. The middle links are for us stupid people that need to be told how to read the data in the last link.

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      Why would he openly admit to a crime of such magnitude? He’s an idiot, but he’s not THAT much of an idiot. He wouldn’t incriminate himself.

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        yes he is that much of an idiot, plus he’s zooted out of his dumbfuck mind, plus he thinks he’s invincible.

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        Incriminate himself? He’s far too rich for that to matter.

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        Then And if he did, it wasn’t that bad. And if he did, that’s not a big deal. And if did, that’s not his fault. And if it was, he didn’t mean it. And if he did, america deserved it.

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        He knows he’s too rich to ever be convicted of anything. He just bought a president and a whole country of his own. He’s drunk with power and thinks he’s invincible.

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        He did two nazi salutes at a rally and laughed it off. He is far beyond incriminating himself, he does not give a single fuck.

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        Depends. He may need some more drugs to admit to that.

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        It’s not a crime. The Supreme Court said it’s legal to just buy elections in citizens united, and that’s basically what happened.

        And it’s not like the Democrats ran an amazing campaign to begin with. If they started out with a competitive primary instead of forcing Biden onto everyone things would’ve probably been different.

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        Who’s gonna convict him?

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    I’ve been waiting for this shit for months lol.

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      We always knew it was coming. All I have to say, to neither one in particular, is: Are you going to let him say that about you? You should blast him, don’t hold back.

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    As wealth becomes concentrated in fewer and fewer hands, we know the oligarchs will soon be fighting over the last of the scraps.

    Unfortunately, we are those scraps.

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      Eventually, wealth will consolidate to three oligarchs, and we’ll all live in either The Citadel, Gas Town, or The Bullet Farm. Witness me.

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    It’s a bitter feeling that the best defense the US has against a fascist takeover is the incompetence and narcissism of the ones doing the taking over.

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      Hitler’s cabinet was full of these kinds of people too, and he still managed to do a lot of damage. It’s not much of a protection.

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    …which makes you an enemy of the US, you piece of shit.

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      Deport his ass. Nationalize his assets and handcuff him to the first thing smoking to Joburg

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        nazis don’t deserve deportation, unless the handcuffs are outside the plane.

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          He can be folded in half and handcuffed to one of the wheels

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        Nah, El Salvador!

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    Wait…so it was rigged after all?

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      🌎👨‍🚀🔫👨‍🚀

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      Yup. 👍

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        🤯🤯🤯

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      Deported directly into a wood chipper.

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        I think even the wood chipper would go into reverse mode

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          Where can I find more?!

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            Just image search for “wood chipper gif” and then reverse it.
            Or ask Elon to go close to one.

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