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@vegeta@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.world • 1 month ago

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

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

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@vegeta@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.world • 1 month ago
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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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  • @Xanthobilly@lemmy.world
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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.

    • @N0t_5ure@lemmy.world
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      What would haven been even funnier for Musk to say is “Without me, Trump would have lost, again.”

    • @Lembot_0003@lemmy.zip
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      deleted by creator

    • @altphoto@lemmy.today
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      7•1 month ago

      A Narzisit? Vs A Narzist?

    • @cyrano@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      3•1 month ago

      Civil war: the social media feud

  • @BigMacHole@sopuli.xyz
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    87•1 month ago

    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?

    • @dhork@lemmy.world
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      85•1 month ago

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

      • @pelespirit@sh.itjust.works
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        19•1 month ago

        Also, we’re not in a democracy anymore.

      • @Freshparsnip@lemm.ee
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        2•1 month ago

        Should have bought insurance

    • @the_q@lemm.ee
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      6•1 month ago

      You know exactly what it means.

  • TomMasz
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    55•1 month ago

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

    • Coskii
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      54•1 month ago

      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!”

        • @ouRKaoS@lemmy.today
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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?”

          • @Klear@sh.itjust.works
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            And then send the bees after that?

    • @AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world
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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.

    • @FenderStratocaster@lemmy.world
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      15•1 month ago

      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.

      • @OneWomanCreamTeam@sh.itjust.works
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        Incriminate himself? He’s far too rich for that to matter.

      • @Spacehooks@reddthat.com
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        15•1 month ago

        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.

      • @LavaPlanet@lemm.ee
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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.

      • @ikidd@lemmy.world
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        6•1 month ago

        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.

      • @TassieTosser@aussie.zone
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        Depends. He may need some more drugs to admit to that.

      • @Freshparsnip@lemm.ee
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        Who’s gonna convict him?

      • @jonne@infosec.pub
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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.

  • @ceenote@lemmy.world
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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.

    • @floofloof@lemmy.ca
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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.

  • @vegeta@lemmy.worldOP
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  • ѕєχυαℓ ρσℓутσρє
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    I’ve been waiting for this shit for months lol.

  • @DarkFuture@lemmy.world
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    40•1 month ago

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

    • @OneWomanCreamTeam@sh.itjust.works
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      Deported directly into a wood chipper.

      • @hakunawazo@lemmy.world
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        I think even the wood chipper would go into reverse mode

  • @Sterile_Technique@lemmy.world
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    39•1 month ago

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

    • @lagoon8622@sh.itjust.works
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      Deport his ass. Nationalize his assets and handcuff him to the first thing smoking to Joburg

      • @zebidiah@lemmy.ca
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        Nah, El Salvador!

  • @mriguy@lemmy.world
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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.

  • @slaneesh_is_right@lemmy.org
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    27•1 month ago

    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.

      • @ShaggySnacks@lemmy.myserv.one
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        10•1 month ago

        And yes, slaanesh is right.

        Yes, Inquisitor. This one right here.

      • @slaneesh_is_right@lemmy.org
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        Heresy!

        Nice

  • @daannii@lemmy.world
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    Let’s hope they do a mutually assured destruction of each other.

    The egos are big enough.

  • @Godric@lemmy.world
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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

    • @Madison420@lemmy.world
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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.

    • @Parasail2109@jlai.lu
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      Guess where the fired onion writers went

  • @NocturnalMorning@lemmy.world
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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.

    • defunct_punk
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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

    • @pelespirit@sh.itjust.works
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      The voting machines? I think he had a hand in those if I recall correctly.

    • @474D@lemmy.world
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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

  • @Onyxonblack@lemm.ee
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    Shouldn’t Child Protective Services be all over him right now? How can he be allowed to continue doing so much heavy drugs, with his little kids in the next room??

    • @AlbinoPython@lemmy.world
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      Money.

  • @Bieren@lemmy.world
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    15•1 month ago

    Wait…so it was rigged after all?

    • @Tryenjer@lemmy.world
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      Yup. 👍

      • @EtherWhack@lemmy.world
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        🤯🤯🤯

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