Spyke

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

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sopuli.xyz

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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dhorkreply
lemmy.world

"I bought him fair and square, but now he's defective. Can I get a refund?"

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lemmy.world

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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lemmy.world

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

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lemm.ee

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

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ouRKaoSreply
lemmy.today

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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lemmy.world

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

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lemmy.world

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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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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lagoon8622reply
sh.itjust.works

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

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pyrereply
lemmy.world

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

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igloureply
programming.dev

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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lemmy.zip

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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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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Let's hope they do a mutually assured destruction of each other.

The egos are big enough.

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lemm.ee

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

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lemmy.blahaj.zone

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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lemmy.world

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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lemmy.world

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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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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lemm.ee

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??

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lemm.ee

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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lemm.ee

Are Musk and Trump getting divorced? Who gets the country?

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mander.xyz

Anybody have any idea what they’re trying to hide with this puppet show? Is the big bill getting too much attention or is it something else?

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Tailzse836reply
lemm.ee

Its to save Tesla’s brand, it appears supporting Trump is toxic to half of Americans

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People aren't going to start buying teslas just because they fighting. Teslas problem are not only because of his involvement on the government, BYD and other Chinese EVs are eating teslas lunch.

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These narcissists would never agree to endure insults as part of a scheme. They're also too incompetent to plan this kind of stuff.

There's no plan here. It's just always been an inherently unstable situation, with schemers who aren't as smart as they think they are, all trying to achieve their own ends using ideas they don't understand.

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lemmy.world

And not a single thing about this on the front page of the other site, except a single gif about Trump fighting Elon. Because their algorithms are cooked to hide anything that potentially hurts the tech oligarchs or trump.

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I heard about it from my coworker today. I don't know what app he was on but he's a low information/conspiracy guy so not the type to be on anything super anti trump/current administration.

His actual politics are a mess but he believes trump is in it. He's pretty much anti government with much thought behind why. I've had some long conversations with him and he's not unreasonable. I think I turned him a little around on how having two people who love each other on tv is okay even if they're the same sex

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Is there an xcancel equivalent for there? I assume you mean the false solitary site.

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Certainly sounds like election fraud to me. I hope the shithead decides to release all the info he has on that issue while hopped up on ketamine. It's not gonna change our opinions on him but it would be nice to have proof that Yam Tits did not win legally.

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sh.itjust.works

Yeah, and you gave it to him for free.

I guess the orange was the smarter business man for once.

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lemmy.world

Eh, "free." Musk was given access to steal billions from the country, he got to personally fire any Tesla regulator, got billions more for SpaceX and Starlink.

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It's "free" like your friend who works at the supermarket "forgetting" to scan a few items when they cashing you out. They assumed a tiny amount of risk, but aside from that, it didn't cost them anything.

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Everyone got their popcorn ready for this double feature? First we open with two ass hats slap fighting on social meeting before an all out war of words in media outlets.

After that, it's a special feature of cons trying to untangle this web of fuckary by grasping at straws on how to blame it on libs.

Get ready folks.

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Not the best choice of words when you are being accused of rigging an election.

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Who would have thought that a couple of fair-weather friends would start to argue?

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Are they going to remove the star link dishes at the White House? What about the FAA contract?

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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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Elmos recent investments aren't turning out so well lol. Wish I had more money than brains

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lemmy.world

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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lemmy.world

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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lemmy.world

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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lemmy.world

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

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MaXimus421reply
lemmy.world

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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lemmy.world

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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lemmy.world

I am calm. Seems you need to calm down.

Coming from the guy who is intentionally starting bullshit. Keep victimizing yourself, champ.

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MaXimus421reply
lemmy.world

I don't think you understand what the term "victimizing" means.

And you're a Democrat. My god that's in yalls playbook.

Page 1.

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Gorkreply
sopuli.xyz

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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MaXimus421reply
lemmy.world

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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Jaxreply
sh.itjust.works

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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MaXimus421reply
lemmy.world

Sounds like you're suggesting I segregate myself.

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

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Jaxreply
sh.itjust.works

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

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lemmy.world

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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MaXimus421reply
lemmy.world

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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MaXimus421reply
lemmy.world

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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pelespiritreply
sh.itjust.works

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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MaXimus421reply
lemmy.world

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

It's my pass 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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