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[–] NegativeInf@lemmy.world 104 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Of course he did! This is after he said he wouldn't be donating to either party. Shows you exactly who he is.

[–] Semi_Hemi_Demigod@lemmy.world 49 points 1 month ago (1 children)

"I didn't technically donate to a party" - Elongated Muskrat, probably

[–] qprimed@lemmy.ml 23 points 1 month ago (1 children)

musk provides the word games, trump provides the word salad. sounds like an appropriately shitty party to me.

[–] NegativeInf@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Can we get a monster that provides salad games? I like that better than either.

[–] tektite@slrpnk.net 4 points 1 month ago

Put out a few rusty spoons and ol' salad fingers'll show you a game.

[–] JustZ@lemmy.world 12 points 1 month ago

He's always been a Nazi.

[–] return2ozma@lemmy.world 84 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Whatever Elon does, you should do the opposite. F this POS!

[–] SatansMaggotyCumFart@lemmy.world 60 points 1 month ago (1 children)

So I should steal a sizeable amount of money from a Trump super-pac?

[–] njm1314@lemmy.world 39 points 1 month ago
[–] qprimed@lemmy.ml 20 points 1 month ago (1 children)

...you should do the opposite.

does poor and politically unconnected count?

[–] BeigeAgenda@lemmy.ca 6 points 1 month ago

Yes, you are winning already!

[–] barnaclebutt@lemmy.world 50 points 1 month ago

#BoycottTesla should trend on Twitter. If only because it's funny if not anything else.

[–] jprice@kbin.run 26 points 1 month ago

The billionaires must go, the trillionaires too.

[–] rockSlayer@lemmy.world 24 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Maybe his self-aggrandizing comparisons to Ford have something to them. After all, Ford was a Nazi

[–] JustZ@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Yeah but Ford made good, reliable cars.

[–] LustyArgonianMana@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

Fuck Henry Ford. Piece of shit. He didn't make anything, his workers did all that.

[–] JustZ@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago
[–] iAvicenna@lemmy.world 23 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Oh but he is a left wing, you guys just keep moving the goal posts. Back then leftist people always donated to racist people like Trump.

[–] Rapidcreek@lemmy.world 20 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Speaking of people I wouldn't mind seeing deported....

[–] some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org 9 points 1 month ago

And taxed like a mother fucker.

[–] AllNewTypeFace@leminal.space 10 points 1 month ago

This is my surprised face

[–] autotldr@lemmings.world 5 points 1 month ago

This is the best summary I could come up with:


The publication said it is unclear how much Musk contributed to America PAC, but described the donation as a “sizable amount,” according to sources.

Earlier this year, just days before his comments in March, Musk met with Trump and a group of prospective donors at Montsorrel in Florida, the Palm Beach home of fellow billionaire Nelson Peltz.

The following month, Musk held a dinner in Los Angeles, California with prominent right-wing figures, including Peltz, Silicon Valley investor Peter Thiel, media mogul Rupert Murdoch, and Steven Mnuchin, Trump’s former treasury secretary, among the guests.

The gathering involved strategizing ways to raise funds to beat Democrats at a national level, according to the Puck report.

And in May, The Wall Street Journal reported that Trump and Musk had been in contact for months about possibly placing the Tesla CEO in an advisory role if the former president wins re-election this fall.

Musk has also come under fire for using X to endorse antisemitic conspiracy theories and reinstating right-wing extremists and peddlers of misinformation previously banned from the platform.


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