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[–] StarryPhoenix97@lemmy.world 6 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

What else is on? I'm tired of Jerry Springer white trash theatrics we call governance.

[–] ScatterBrain@lemmy.world 2 points 1 hour ago

We are watching the attempted ousting of a dictator in the world's most powerful country. But go on

[–] mavu@discuss.tchncs.de 18 points 5 hours ago (2 children)

comeon Elmu, just put your money where the mouth is.

Tesla shares for everyone who brings/leaks hard evidence.

[–] bytesonbike@discuss.online 5 points 1 hour ago* (last edited 1 hour ago)

This dude practically bought votes for trump.

This is all bullshit theater unless he funds something.

[–] explodicle@sh.itjust.works 6 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

Ew no money please. The only people who want Tesla shares are going to be worthless idiots.

[–] NikkiDimes@lemmy.world 4 points 1 hour ago

I dunno, I'm almost out of toilet paper anyway

[–] pyre@lemmy.world 21 points 6 hours ago

mind that he was willing to do all this together until he couldn't get enough shit from mango mussolini for his ~~pockets~~ companies. he can choke on a bag of dildos after he gets his nuremberg trial.

if these people, all of them, including the Dems who capitulate, owners of the media companies that censor in their name and push their fascist agenda, all ICE employees, don't get their own nuremberg trials, and examples aren't made of them, the US might as well throw the towel and declare itself a lawless land and a failed state.

[–] misteloct@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 4 hours ago

Here's the real strategy. If anything could make me believe the list doesn't exist, it would be Musk doing exactly this.

[–] venusaur@lemmy.world 30 points 12 hours ago (2 children)

He just wants to be cool again.

[–] rumba@lemmy.zip 8 points 5 hours ago (2 children)

That's not going to happen, but it's really gonna be fun watching them fight more while he tries.

[–] venusaur@lemmy.world 2 points 2 hours ago

I’m surprised how much faith you have in people’s critical thinking skills and short term memory.

[–] Taldan@lemmy.world 1 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

I don't find it fun at all. It coukd easily lead to Trump consolidating his power

If he decides to really go after Musk ny stripping his citizenship, or taking away federal money, it'll send a strong message to the other oligarchs to fall in line

[–] rumba@lemmy.zip 1 points 2 hours ago

it’ll send a strong message to the other oligarchs to fall in line

If that's going to happen, it will happen with or without this.

[–] IndustryStandard@lemmy.world 3 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

If he wants to do it this way he is welcome to.

[–] venusaur@lemmy.world 1 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

As long as he doesn’t garner supporters and then flip them to some crazy shit.

[–] rumba@lemmy.zip 1 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

He's not drawing any left support, but splitting the right who will be completely open to crazy shit

[–] venusaur@lemmy.world 2 points 1 hour ago* (last edited 1 hour ago)

Yeah I agree. That’s good for the left. Split votes. What we really need is a third party that hates the rich and loves guns.

[–] peteyestee@feddit.org 39 points 14 hours ago* (last edited 14 hours ago) (6 children)

Remember trumps a pawn… the game doesn’t die with his demise. It barely changes at all.

The truth is probably far more dark and fucked up than trump and Epstein.

Don’t let the drama take away your vision of the full spectrum of americas situation.

The only thing trump has ever been successful at in his entire life is being a reality TV star. It's amazing that people don't understand that that's his role now, too. I guess he's also been successful at laundering Russian oligarch money, but that's his role now, too.

[–] rumba@lemmy.zip 7 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

Watching them fight each other is the only moment of solace I get in the news these days. Don't take that away from me.

He's not going to change my view on anything.

With love, that speaks to a profound emptiness in our lives. We need something worth preserving.

[–] aceshigh@lemmy.world 5 points 6 hours ago

I agree. It’s rotten at the core. T is a symptom, not the root cause. Something/someone else will take over once he dies. Things won’t get better.

[–] Honytawk@feddit.nl 14 points 9 hours ago* (last edited 9 hours ago)

The cult of personality behind Trump will shatter. And there will be cracks formed in the MAGA movement. New figureheads will try to take power and split the base.

They will still be racist republicans, but to say little will change is simply not true.

[–] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 7 hours ago

I'm not so sure... Maybe a pawn that has made it to the other side of the board, but turns into a King instead of a Queen

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[–] 60d@lemmy.ca 12 points 13 hours ago (3 children)

Elmo always knew he was a POS. The while time.

[–] 68727@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 2 hours ago* (last edited 2 hours ago)

There's pictures of him with Maxwell floating around that he's been trying really hard to erase, right? It wouldn't surprise me if he's on the list himself and feeling confident that he's not going to get fucked over because he knows there's too many powerful people who have no interest in ever seeing those files released around or because he and the Elonjugend just happened to get rid of any evidence that could implicate him.

Anyway, he's only doing this because he's mad that Trump doesn't want to play Tesla salesman anymore.

and nevertheless he used him for his own gain at our expense, and continues to use him to beef up his own image

[–] Fedizen@lemmy.world 10 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

Elon's brother was like epstein's second-best friend.

[–] javiwhite@feddit.uk 3 points 5 hours ago

Wasn't Ghislaine Maxwell setting up elons karate lessons too?

No wonder he never wanted to fight the Zuck; all his previous 'opponents' were pre-pubescent.

[–] DougHolland@lemmy.world 19 points 14 hours ago (4 children)

It doesn't matter.

If someone unearthed video of Trump raping an 11-year-old, Republicans would love him even more, his approval ratings would go up, leaders on the "religious right" would explain that it's all Biblical, and Trump would successfully sue for the profits from video sales.

[–] damnedfurry@lemmy.world 0 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

If you truly believe this, you need to take a step back from one or more echo chambers, because you've lost touch with reality.

Trump waffling on the topic, without any 'hard' evidence, has already caused momentum in the opposite direction.

[–] ayyy@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 hour ago

But it’s just performative resistance. They still vote to give him everything he wants every time without exception.

[–] SilentStorms@lemmy.dbzer0.com 15 points 13 hours ago (2 children)

I’d usually agree with this sentiment, but the MAGAsphere actually seems to be breaking with him on this one. The chuds are upset about this, and it might not go away so easily, especially now that he’s attacking his base over this.

The chuds aren't going to do anything other than type away furiously. Same as the rest of us ...

[–] aesthelete@lemmy.world 10 points 12 hours ago* (last edited 12 hours ago) (1 children)

Well one of the things that nobody seems to have considered is that Elon has a bot army, an AI, and Twitter he can turn against Trump.

In addition, and it may or may not be a coincidence, but he's not as buddy buddy with Putin as he once was.

[–] ScatterBrain@lemmy.world 8 points 9 hours ago* (last edited 9 hours ago)

I absolutely believe Putin is fueling this. President Vance is a collaborative agent for Peter Thiel and the Heritage Foundation. Heritage is a longtime Putin ally. The question is, will MAGA stop questioning their echo chamber after Trump is put out to rot? That is the gamble, and they are going for it.

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[–] jared@mander.xyz 134 points 21 hours ago (11 children)

Monkeys throwing shit at each other.

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