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[–] Ordinary_Person@lemmy.ca 12 points 50 minutes ago (1 children)

Sharing footage we were ALL aware of long before he helped him win the election.

[–] beejboytyson@lemmy.world 3 points 24 minutes ago

Ikr? No one cares. The only thing I'm surprised is that the official announcement wasn't official.

Like there's ton of pics of trump being buddy buddy with Jeff.

[–] Leviathan@lemmy.world 3 points 24 minutes ago

Who cares whether these two like each other? They should both be hanged for high treason.

[–] AcidicBasicGlitch@lemm.ee 17 points 1 hour ago* (last edited 1 hour ago)

Isn't this all footage that we've known about for a long time?

Just to be clear, I felt like we shouldn't be electing a creepy rapist that hung out with Epstein even before he got elected the first time. I never thought we would somehow do it twice, especially after he almost killed us all the first time around, but c'est la vie, I guess.

Just wonder how much of this is just a reality TV/wrestlemania style distraction IRL. Like what does it really change that Elon is reposting information we already knew?

Like there is other big shit going on with Israel, Gaza, Iran, Russia, Ukraine, and the EU going on right now but nobody is really talking about it bc we are paying attention to Elon re-screening videos of Trump/Epstein that we've already seen.

[–] Blackmist@feddit.uk 15 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

And who was he looking at when he mouthed "she's hot"?

That's right, an 11 year old Nicky Jam.

[–] OrteilGenou@lemmy.world -3 points 1 hour ago

I don't get it

[–] 100_kg_90_de_belin@feddit.it 20 points 8 hours ago

MAGA won't care. Even worse, they'll revel in triggering the libs.

[–] jagged_circle@feddit.nl 55 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

You know he raped people, right?

We all know he's a rapist

[–] LordWiggle@lemmy.world 18 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

Do you mean Trump or Elon? Because the right answer is "both"

[–] stebo02@sopuli.xyz 3 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

elon is to weak to rape anyone, one slap in his face and he's crying on the floor

[–] LordWiggle@lemmy.world 4 points 3 hours ago

I know someone who got raped by Elon years ago. Elon is a fucking rapist.

[–] MimicJar@lemmy.world 190 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

A clip from 1992 isn't new. If you've got new details, spill 'em. Right now he's just saying what everyone else had been saying for years.

[–] Omegamanthethird@lemmy.world 85 points 15 hours ago (9 children)

He's shining a spotlight on what MAGAts have ignored.

[–] Ordinary_Person@lemmy.ca 4 points 50 minutes ago

Including himself, when he hitched his wagon to Trump.

[–] Jollyllama@lemmy.world 6 points 2 hours ago

It's worse than that, many saw this and just explained it away, didn't care or think it was still worth it because he'll save America.

[–] entwine413@lemm.ee 72 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

They don't care. If anything this will increase his popularity with them.

[–] ToastedRavioli@midwest.social 7 points 4 hours ago

If the multitude of creepy and incestuous behavior towards his own daughter isnt putting them off, I dont know how assaulting underage girls would possibly do it

[–] P00ptart@lemmy.world 15 points 13 hours ago

Or straight up denied. "He was on the plane but he never went to the island"

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[–] unrealizedrealities@kbin.melroy.org 95 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

Common knowledge, but always good to refresh the memory. Like, i've almost forgotten about that Brock fellow...

[–] fastandspurious@lemmy.world 102 points 15 hours ago (4 children)

Are you speaking of Brock Turner? The rapist Brock Turner? The Brock Turner that raped the young woman behind the dumpster?

[–] mic_check_one_two@lemmy.dbzer0.com 31 points 11 hours ago* (last edited 11 hours ago)

The same rapist Brock Turner who changed his name to rapist Allen Turner, to escape the bad press after he raped someone.

[–] unrealizedrealities@kbin.melroy.org 49 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

That didn't take long, but yes, the rapist Brock Turner....who changed his name, if I am correct

[–] alquicksilver@lemmy.world 55 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

Yes, last I'd heard the rapist Brock Allen Turner was going by Allen Turner. That rapist.

[–] lennybird@lemmy.world 18 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

That rapist is going to change his name more often than Blackwater.

[–] Initiateofthevoid@lemmy.dbzer0.com 17 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

Blackwater? Known paramilitary organization, contracted by the CIA to torture and assassinate enemies of the state, operating with minimal oversight and zero consequences? The company formerly known as Xe Services, Academi, and now Constellis Holdings? That Blackwater?

[–] lennybird@lemmy.world 9 points 10 hours ago

Yup, whose CEO Erik Prince works with Trump into present day advancing his fascist agenda and whose sister is Betsy DeVos, former Trump SecEducation....

[–] partial_accumen@lemmy.world 31 points 15 hours ago

The convicted rapist Brock Turner?

FTFY

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[–] KoboldCoterie@pawb.social 85 points 15 hours ago (5 children)

I have weird feelings about this feud because for once I agree with both of them. We should impeach Trump, and we should also cancel all of Musk's contracts.

[–] SabinStargem@lemmy.today 9 points 10 hours ago

This picture pretty much sums up the situation. Thiel and the other oligarchs are the ones making wagers.

[–] jagged_circle@feddit.nl 7 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

And we should nationalize SpaceX and X and Tesla

...and the railroads. And the interstate bus companies. And Facebook. And Google...

[–] lupusblackfur@lemmy.world 26 points 15 hours ago

Agreed...

Would make me happiest to see them take each other down.

Though I have concerns that Couch Fucker just might be even worse in the long run. 🤡 🤷‍♂️

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[–] victorz@lemmy.world 36 points 15 hours ago (14 children)

Both too proud to de-escalate the situation. What the hell are they even arguing about? They're both children in suits.

[–] Skiluros@sh.itjust.works 35 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

Not children. Corrupt degenerate criminals that lack humanity.

[–] victorz@lemmy.world 7 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

... That act like children. That's what my point was.

[–] MysticEdge@lemmy.world 1 points 3 hours ago* (last edited 3 hours ago) (1 children)

I dunno, I've seen children with a lot more self-awareness.

Unless by "children" you mean babies. Because those fuckers have no self-control.

Edit: And by "those fuckers" I mean babies.

[–] victorz@lemmy.world 2 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

Why are people digging into the semantics of the word "child" in this thread?

The point is that they are acting IMMATURELY. 👌

[–] zalgotext@sh.itjust.works 1 points 30 minutes ago

Semantic debates are easy to feel like you've won, they're the low hanging fruit of the debate world. Sometimes people (including myself, I'm guilty of it too sometimes) just want an easy win.

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