surprising nobody. Guy who made nearly all his money in corporate buyouts and government contracts backs the anti union guy who wants to ban electric cars. It just shows you this is about class warfare.
Maybe his politics are complicated. Did y’all consider that? That a white South African industrialist who dabbles in eugenics, treats employees like shit, and thinks catturd2 is funny might be a complex enigma?
Move demonstrates Musk’s growing influence in Washington
It demonstrates the growing influence of EVERY billionaire in Washington DC ever since the courts accepted the "corporations are people / money is speech" arguments.
When that happened, the government stopped representing the needs of ordinary people and only represented the needs of billionaires and their lobbyists. It's taking a long time to play out, but it's going to end badly.
Conservatives own at least 2 media companies (X, Truth Social), Trump got reinstated with Meta... Imagine doing all this for a man who raped a 12 year old
Elon Musk peddles the racist replacement theory among other things. It is absurd a white settler from South Africa is afraid to be replaced by the indigenous people.
How did Musk know to donate to Trump a whole day before he decided to fully endorse him after the shooting? So strange. Maybe he always fully endorsed him and is just an attention seeking whore.
Ah, well that just flipped the switch in my head from "wow that musk guy is an egotistical asshole devoid of even the most fleeting sense of altruism," to "I actively hate this dude now."
Putting this guy’s shitty politics aside for a moment, Trump and the GOP have be shitting on EVs extra hard over the past year. Tesla is hurting right now, and if Trump wins the dead heat, that company could be fucked. Moreover, he also has a bunch of government contracts keeping Space X and Starlink alive.
If Musk doesn’t pay up and kiss the ring, he could be screwed if Trump wins.
Even a shitstain like Musk has his worth: he made me recognize that there are no exceptions to the rule that there are no ethical billionaires.
i kinda liked him many years ago; a fact that makes me pretty unhappy with myself. I really thought that his push for wide adoption of EVs might be a sign of philantropy and a sense of ethics. i'm seldom THAT far off the mark, so i have to thank him in a kinda awkward way for dropping his act.
Well Trump said he'd cut taxes for the rich if they helped him get re-elected. Honestly surprised it took Musk this long to donate to him, especially with talk of Trump making making Secretary of Transportation.