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vegeta@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.world · 10 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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    Not the best choice of words when you are being accused of rigging an election.

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    That’s true, too bad Elon is such a limp dick loser that he couldn’t leverage that and got thrown out like used tissue paper.

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    Dumb and dumber, but real. And somehow in charge. ugh

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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.

  • slaneesh_is_right@lemmy.org
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    CRIPPLE FIGHT

    • gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works
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      I would pay to see them in a cage match lol

      And yes, slaanesh is right.

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        And yes, slaanesh is right.

        Yes, Inquisitor. This one right here.

      • slaneesh_is_right@lemmy.org
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        Heresy!

        Nice

    • GeeDubHayduke@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      Excuse me, all shoppers: cripple fight. I say again: cripple fight.

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    That’ll prompt a rage post or two. Hopefully The Dipshit focuses his ire on him instead of the innocents for a while, now.

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      The issue is that trump is an administration with a cult of personality, not just one man.

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

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

      • Railcar8095@lemm.ee
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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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      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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        Incriminate himself? He’s far too rich for that to matter.

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

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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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        Who’s gonna convict him?

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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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        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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        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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    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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    And here I thought musk could not be more hated.

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    No shit Nazi. That’s why we hate you and want you deported.

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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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    Is this a subtle admission that they cheated? Or is he just implying that he injected so much cash into the campaign that he changed the campaign calculus. I fail to understand how money won the election. Supposedly the dems had over a billion dollars during the campaign, and they lost. So, then whats he trying to say? Money has decreasing returns after a certain level.

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      The voting machines? I think he had a hand in those if I recall correctly.

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      At the very least, he was affecting the election through Twitter algorithms. In that sense, he spent billions getting him elected

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      Lots of commentary/analysis on the Repubs winning dispite outfunded 1:2. General consensus is that Dems really mismanaged their money on ad campaigns that did nothing whereas Trump was able to secure discussion for free (no surprise) and used media allies for hypertargeting

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        One of the leading Google searches after the election was did Biden drop out followed by is it too late to change my vote. The American general public are morons and don’t pay attention to anything.

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    Somebody has to dare him to prove it, and maybe he’ll show how he rigged the voting counts in the swing states.

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    No shit, musk rigged the election.

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    Lol. It’s like the Reddit mob just lives here too.

    That’s adorable.

    Edit: Let’s get this comment to 100+ downvotes to help prove my point.

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      I don’t understand the point you’re even trying to make? Are you a Musk fan boy or something?

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        I voted for Trump. And Reddit is a leftist echo chamber.

        Now let’s get THIS comment to 500+ downvotes.

        You can do it guys!

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          EVeRyOne wHO DoESnT AgREE wITh ME Is iN aN EcHo ChAmBeR.

          Maybe stop having shitty ideals, and maybe people would agree. If you want validation for your shitty outlook on life and opinions you can always go back to TruthSocial or X.

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          So brave 🫡

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          I’m more interested in why you still support him. You don’t seem gullible.

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            He’s a tech bro. Enough said.

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              Lmfao

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            Promises kept. That’s why.

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              Was the Wall built, and did Mexico pay for it?

              Has he brought down egg prices on Day One?

              Has he stopped the Ukraine-Russia War within One Day / 24 hours?

              These are all promises he’s made in the past.

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                How very selective of you.

                So we’re clear here…

                The promises kept are the ones you and your ilk are currently melting down over.

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                  So you’re admitting to be a nazi, you like the racism. You probably have enough money to survive any tariffs and social service cuts too. Watch out for the leoopard, you don’t always see it coming.

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                He’s talking about the immigrants and Americans being kidnapped to El Salvador.

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          There’s Truth Social, why don’t you head on over there? Or Twitter, that seems more accurate for someone like you.

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            Sounds like you’re suggesting I segregate myself.

            Surely a liberal wouldn’t allude to something like that?

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              It’s cute that you think this place is full of liberals.

              You laugh at the people telling you that you’re being exploited, then put your snout back into the slop and root around for something else tasty in the culture war fight against liberals.

              It’s adorable how conservatives think they’re being smart for getting pissed on like the rest of society, just because they like it.

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                So your entire argument is without any substance whatsoever. Just insults. This is why your party will not see the WH again for some time.

                Edit: fixed typo

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                  Oh, sweet sweet irony.

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                  Slurp slurp on that slop

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              This is such a lazy troll, you need to work on your material. At least make me laugh, ffs

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                I’m saying. Dude is trying way too hard.

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      Lmao triggered

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        I’d wager my comment triggered you and the rest of the brigade.

        But we’ll go with that, sure…

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          Sorry liberal, “nuh uh you’re the one!” is grade school tactics. You have to be much more advanced to use that effectively.

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      Right? Why would people hate the guy who does Nazi salutes, sends goons in to disrupt the services that our taxes pay for, bought a presidency, calls someone who rescued kids a pedophile, pretends to be good at things to get gamers to like him, jokes about the people whose lives he ruined, says “empathy is a weakness,” shut down communication with Ukraine while they were at war, misgenders his own kid and spreads transphobic hate online, is a primary source of disinformation, and doesn’t pay his fair share of taxes?

      You’re right, he sounds cool af… to dorks.

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        Good luck in 2028.

        Sincerely, The majority of the country.

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          I think we found someone who exclusively talks in thought stopping cliches!

          The only thing that surprises me is that there was something to stop.

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            Seems to have ruffled your feathers.

            Sorry?

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              Eliciting an emotional response is easy, are you proud when you take a dump, too?

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      When you say mob, what do you mean by that? You’re not part of the downvote bros are you? Inviting downvotes is weird.

      There are plenty of social media sites you might love, like X, Truth Social, Threads, take your pick.

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        Nah, I’m perfectly fine watching this place implode over the current administration.

        It’s my pass time.

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          Past time*

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            Pastime"

            We were both wrong lol

            It’s actually debatable and I’m still unclear which it is…

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          I see now you’re troll baiting for sure. How boring.

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