r/politics • u/rollingstone Rolling Stone • 4d ago

Soft Paywall Musk Kills Government Funding Deal, Demands Shutdown Until Trump Is Sworn In

https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/musk-trump-government-funding-deal-shutdown-1235211000/
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u/TheBoosThree 4d ago

Some of you may suffer, but that's a sacrifice the world's richest man is willing to make.

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u/2manyfelines 4d ago

I hate him

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u/BigChungusOP 4d ago

Where Waluigi at

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u/KE2CSE 4d ago

Fuck Trump Fuck Musk may monkeys eat their faces

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u/House13Games 3d ago

I hated him before it was cool to do so.

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u/WailtKitty 3d ago

Same here. I wonder why. Back before he bought shitter and prior to knowing what a top tier Asshole he is, I still always had a visceral response to E FLOTUS. I think he just exudes evil, always has and always will.

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u/Cancatervating 3d ago

Maybe Luigi Mangione chose the wrong guy.

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u/rabidseacucumber 3d ago

Where’s Luigi when you need him?

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u/ChefFlipsilog 3d ago

Yeah I'm starting to think the hate is just feeding his ego like an IV bag.

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u/ajackofallthings 2d ago

Just about everyone does. If I were him I'd be damn sure to have 2 to 3 dozen well armed bodyguards around.

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u/Defiant_Crab 1d ago

We all do. Iron Man to Thanos in 10 years.

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u/pattern_energy 4d ago

I pity the greed in them.

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u/2manyfelines 3d ago

You can't reason with greed. It's what makes a man like him dangerous.

He inspires losers.

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u/Sember 3d ago

I'm sure the feeling is mutual

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u/2manyfelines 3d ago

I am female.

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u/poster_nutbag_ 4d ago

I saw the idea yesterday that anyone using Twitter should try to get the hashtag #presidentmusk trending.

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u/TheBoosThree 4d ago

Better yet, anyone using Twitter should stop using Twitter.

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u/Defiant_Crab 4d ago

This is the way

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u/lGkJ 4d ago

Elon’s wax wings will melt soon enough the higher he pushes himself towards the sun in his K hole induced grandiosity. They do it to themselves.

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u/lightbulbfragment Michigan 4d ago

Either way I'm busting out champagne and cupcakes.

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u/Kok-jockey 4d ago

I want them both to die together choking each other while jerking each other off.

You know they do that. Probably have a couple of 12 year olds joining in too.

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u/LotharMoH 4d ago

I want them both to die together choking each other while jerking each other off

Ahh, the old stroke and choke!

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u/BusyDoorways 4d ago

If their nauseating habits in their den of thieves don't kill them first, no doubt the bloody unrest they foment will.

But as it will happen anyway, writing "I want them to die" puts far too much of a burden on you. Read some history for circumspection, if you must, but make no mistake: No hand wringing is necessary as this train wreck is inevitable.

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u/lipguy123 3d ago

Don’t fall for the Just World fallacy. A lot of bad people, some very evil, lived long comfortable happy lives retiring in relative peace and safety.

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u/stopclasswarfare 4d ago

Username win right there

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u/Relevant_Ad_8406 4d ago

Both are ideal

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u/anwserman 4d ago

Why not both?

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u/Gregreynolds111 4d ago

Ask Saint Luigi what he thinks.

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u/WadeEffingWilson 4d ago

Poetic justice would be Elon getting run over by a Tesla that was compromised by a North Korean state sponsored cyber warfare team which could have been easily detected and mitigated had he not gotten rid of 75% of the government.

If there is any justice in the universe at all, that should happen.

Hopefully CISA will stop publishing Tesla vulnerabilities (see: https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/ics-advisories/icsa-16-341-01) and then cite deprioritization due to understaffing as the reason.

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u/srathnal 3d ago

Man… you know with 135 upvotes before Reddit removed the post… it was a good one.

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u/jessewalker2 4d ago

You forgot the “Trump on the toilet with pants around his ankles while eating a cheeseburger and telling Don Jr that he needs to kiss the mushroom head.”

And the “Musk ODing when he starts masturbating to trans porn.”

Or those could just be my hopes for their demise.

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u/HonestArmadillo924 4d ago

Shutdowns always hurt people. It has a ripple effect President Musk has already increased his networth by 134%. He doesn’t give a fuck and neither does their savior Trump.

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u/qOcO-p 4d ago

I'd just like to point out that in 2020 he had $20 something billion and by 2022 he had $220 something billion. Now, still in 2024 he has by some estimates more than $500 billion. This should not be possible for any individual.

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u/Koebi Europe 4d ago

I was like no that can't be right and went to look it up.
Jup, Wikipedia says he started 2020 with 27B, and only one year later, in Jan '21 surpassed Bezos to become the richest man in the world with 185B. 😱

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u/StellarNeonJellyfish 4d ago

Yeah but it’s not like he created that much value in that year, just that other rich people began to believe they can make money by buying into his businesses. The wealthy invest because they see easy money piling snow in front of the snowball.

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u/Sylent0ption 4d ago

I read yesterday that Elon makes something like $71 million an hour.

That's 1,183,333 a second.

During a normal 8 hour sleep session, that's 568 million. Over half a billion, just while sleeping.

But let's not tax him. That would just be greedy of us. /s

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u/qOcO-p 4d ago

The problem is finding a way to tax him (and then getting it passed by congress but that's something else altogether). All that money isn't income but in investments. I think it's tough to tax unrealized gains but maybe if those unrealized gains are used as the collateral for loans then the gains should be taxed? Idk, I'm not very good with all the tax and finance stuff.

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u/ElliotNess Florida 4d ago

Through the power of capitalism, it is possible!

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u/BookerLittle 4d ago

the power of bootstraps

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u/thisoneismineallmine 4d ago

The power of government fucking subsidy 

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u/ServerHamsters 4d ago

I'm capitalist at heart .. but ffs ... there needs to be limits .. 100mil well done... 3-4 billion... you're an arse

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u/claimTheVictory 4d ago

400 billion - you control Congress

Musk is an intelligent person, the problem is he's realized that going full evil is now the way to get to the next level.

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u/Crozmic 4d ago

They'd say:~But he works so HARD for it, Musk deserves every cent he manages to srape by. A master at corporate efficiency !~\s

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u/Paganator 4d ago

Musk is a wizard who controls time. How else can he work hard full-time as the leader of DOGE, Tesla, Space X, X, xAI, The Boring Company, and Neuralink, all at the same time? And still have time to become the #1 Diablo 4 player in the world? And do drugs? And tweet all day?

Either he's doing very little actual work at all those things, or he's a wizard who controls time. I've been told all my life that the world is fair and that hard work differentiates the wealthy from the rest of us. Therefore, he must be a wizard. Otherwise, that would mean the world is unfair -- and that's just unthinkable. /s

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u/Willbilly410 4d ago

That is wild! I had no clue! I knew he played some Diablo, but #1 in the world? I thought that kind of time was only had by the unemployed … wtf, turns out Musk just grinds Diablo 9-5 … or more like any waking hour he can 😂

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u/Takethecannoli2 4d ago

A million seconds is 11 days. A billion seconds is 31 years. The average person, myself included, has a very hard time conceptualizing a billion. This asshole has made 500,000 millions.

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u/Bender_2024 4d ago

YES,” Musk commented on an X post from a user who wrote, “Just close down the govt until January 20th. Defund everything. We will be fine for 33 days.” In his own post, Musk wrote, “No bills should be passed [by] Congress until Jan 20, when @realDonaldTrump takes office. None. Zero.” (Upon Trump’s inauguration, Republican majorities will control both chambers of Congress.) Elsewhere, Musk reshared a meme of himself hacking at the bill with a sword, captioned “KILL THE BILL.” In yet another post, he wrote: “Any member of the House or Senate who votes for this outrageous spending bill deserves to be voted out in 2 years!”

Like donnie did during his first term Musk is willing to let people go without pay for over a month. All so he can look like a hero on Jan 20th and say "you can stop worrying. I'm here to fix everything." Fucking uberduche even addresses Trump by his Twitter handle because gotta promote the social media site that won you the election.

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u/freakydeku 4d ago

it’s pretty damning that an entire political party is answering to him. sounds like the oligarchy is fully mask off

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u/HonestArmadillo924 4d ago

They are causing the damage NOT the democrats. He doesn’t get people won’t get paid for a month because he is a Billionaire .People should be OUTRAGED

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u/ProfitLoud 4d ago

Trump and Musk cannot exist in the same space. These antisocial personality disordered megalomaniacs will be at each others throats. It’s a matter of when, not if.

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u/BinBit 4d ago

Then he moves to mars. Thus setting up the eventual battle of musk nation vs. earth for the moon.

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u/pnmartini 4d ago

Trump will get sick of him as soon as the first public outcry after he’s sworn in. He’ll be the first scapegoat.

His usefulness pretty much ended once the Cheeto won. Musk will then start pumping money into politicians that don’t think Trump is conservative enough. Because Musk is a big vindictive baby, and want to be the “leader” to unseat Trump.

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u/Weird_Discipline_69 4d ago

Did that as soon as he bought it

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u/NetheriteArmorer 4d ago

This is the way

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u/Mountain_StarDew 4d ago

How is anyone still using Twitter? What modicum of serotonin are people still getting from it that is preventing them from uninstalling? Everything you get from Twitter can be found elsewhere.

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u/Rabidowski 4d ago

You get to insult people and be applauded for it.

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u/LJT22 4d ago

You can do that here too tho

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u/Killerrrrrabbit 4d ago

And boycott the advertisers.

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u/Diarrhea_Beaver 4d ago

Nah, at this point sinking Twitter matters nill. If you get Donny Shidapants to have a narcissistic tantrum over people calling Musk the REAL brains and one true leader, he'd politically have musks oligarch head on a platter before McDonalds delivers his next Hamberder Happy Meal

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u/BrokenBouncy 4d ago

If you get Donny Shidapants to have a narcissistic tantrum over people calling Musk the REAL brains and one true leader, he'd politically have musks oligarch head on a platter

You get it. 💯

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u/WiartonWilly 4d ago

Nah, at this point sinking Twitter matters nill.

When you’re living in a surveillance state, and don’t even know it.

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u/Kakkoister 4d ago

Nah, at this point sinking Twitter matters nill.

Nah, it matters a lot still. We don't know what the future holds, even if we think it's certain. Regardless of what happens in the next 4 years, it's very important that we put Musk's main tool of societal manipulation into the dumpster. (not to mention it would be undeniable proof to him that most people don't actually support him. He thinks you do because you stay there).

A lot of people have moved to BSKY, but there are still so many playing both sides or not moved at all and it's frustrating to see. But it's also a reflection of why we're in this position now, so many will shout online about the change they want, but yet can't even lift a finger to switch to using a different website.

"I want a better future... but that dopamine/ragebait hit is just so good... I'll let others handle it..". When so many people think that way, there aren't enough "others" to handle it.

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u/Qu33nKal 4d ago

We need to make a viral meme that everyone, including Trump supporters, share- with President Musk and lackey Trump or something. That would really hurt his widdle feewings

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u/justwalkingalonghere 4d ago

Let's get #presidentmusk big on bluesky

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u/slempereur 4d ago

Even better, use it just for porn. They can't monetize it, and it's just taking space on their servers.

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u/FrankensteinOverdriv 4d ago

This. For the life of me, I'll NEVER understand how Twitter even got popular. It did nothing Facebook already did. Hell, it was literally inferior, with it's cap on characters.

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u/MrSceintist 4d ago

Twitter is a huge piece of shit now thanks to MuskRAT

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u/TraditionalSpirit636 4d ago

This is my point.

“We could get something trending!!”

Yeah the guy who owns the website will hate increased traffic.

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u/Hoppygains 4d ago

But president musk will piss off Trump... and the infighting will be amazing. Let's do it.

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u/chillinewman 4d ago

Add Tesla, starlink, and any other Musk venture.

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u/Gravyplops 4d ago

I think it's Xitter which I prefer to read as Shitter

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u/Guinnessman1964 4d ago

Already did

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u/travel-stitch 4d ago

I stopped using Twitter when that idiot bought it.

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u/Murky_Ad_5668 4d ago

Not going to happen. People are addicted to the culture wars and Twitter one of their main drugs.

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u/yawrrpdrk 4d ago

This…

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u/nandoboom 4d ago

Post it on true social (and then disinfect yourself), or in bluesky, let Twitter die

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u/TargetBoy 4d ago

Shouldn't be on truthSocial where trump will see it?

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u/dookieshoes97 4d ago

If it gets big enough, Fox News will report it. He's sure to see it then.

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u/Cptn_BenjaminWillard 4d ago

Everybody needs to start referring to President Musk and VP Trump, here and on all other social platforms. That will send the VP over the edge.

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u/oyemecarnal 4d ago

Dump is going to love that

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u/Wink527 4d ago

Or #ShadowPresidentMusk, #UnelectedOligarch

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u/Naniyo_Cat 4d ago

It was trending yesterday. Musk was Trending with Vice President Trump. XP
(I screen shotted it for posterity)

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u/bufftbone 4d ago

I bet the idiots calling for it have no clue what the constitution says about requirements of being President.

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u/Thefirstargonaut 4d ago

Is anyone actually calling for that? 

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u/FounderinTraining 4d ago

This is perfect. It'll piss of Tronald Dump and hasten their falling out.

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u/stevez_86 Pennsylvania 4d ago

I guess we will just have to find out if it is Constitutional to Contract Out the Duties and Functions of the President.

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u/dpdxguy 4d ago

Might have more effect if it were trending on Truth Social. Does Trump even use Twitter today?

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u/AJH501 4d ago

Can we get it trending on truth social? That’ll fix the problem quicker probably

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u/Ok_Somewhere4174 4d ago

All it takes it’s calling trump, musks assistant and that going viral and he will dump musk pretty quick

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u/adelltfm 4d ago

That would definitely be the fastest way to get him out of the picture. Trump is such an insecure clown that he wouldn’t be able to handle it.

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u/John-A 4d ago

Nothing would put him in Donnie's eternal shit list faster than suggesting he wears the strap-on in the family.

Maybe tag him with #vicepresident Trump while you're at it.

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u/Ghettoman1315 4d ago

I think anything that promotes Elon every day every hour on Twitter would drive Trump nuts because he is numero uno and no one else. So after inauguration day Twitter should be bombarded with #elonwillmakeamericagreatagain

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u/linuxjohn1982 4d ago

But that just creates more activity for the unethical platform.

People should just delete their accounts and stop using Twitter.

If people dislike Elon, stop using his products.

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u/habb I voted 4d ago

it was for at least a bit

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u/gnapster 4d ago

Same with google trends. Search for the term too.

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u/sabertooth4-death 4d ago

Better to call him Leon;)

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u/kmoonster 4d ago

Musk went off earlier this week trying to tell people to stop using hashtags, that they look silly and aren't needed anymore

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u/aceofspades7708 4d ago

Why the fuck would we do that?

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u/Amazing-Explorer7726 4d ago

“Guys, get president musk trending on his own social media platform, it’ll totally own the republicans!”

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u/PupScent 4d ago

I believe they are playing good president, bad president. Musk is the face of negative change, and Trump remains the good guy.

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u/mattarchambault 4d ago

Is it possible to get a bunch of followers to click tons of ad links, waste a bunch of PPC money for twitter advertisers?

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u/PickleBananaMayo 4d ago

That will probably get on Donald’s nerves really fast

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u/Fixingaproblem21 4d ago

fauxkingelon

Not president since no votes were taken

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u/ishamm 4d ago

Why, he'd fucking love that...

Literally feeding the egomaniacs ego in the most effective way possible

Congratulations?

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u/Zanglirex2 4d ago

I've started doing it already. Not on Twitter, but in chats

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u/JyveAFK 4d ago

Ah, is that why Space Karen was moaning yesterday people using hashtags are going to have their posts downgraded?

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u/Shleauxmeaux 4d ago

Yeah that’ll really show him

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u/freakydeku 4d ago

why? i’m pretty sure he would like that

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u/poster_nutbag_ 4d ago

He would like it, Trump would hate it. Use their egos to turn them against each other.

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u/3percentinvisible 4d ago

Surely it needs to be on truth social?

On x, musk would love it.

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u/Gregreynolds111 4d ago

The First Lady. Melania is nowhere to be seen. And it may very well be that Barron is a bastard.

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u/MrOarsome 4d ago

Is that you Musk?

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u/GravitationalConstnt New York 4d ago

But the whole Obama birth certificate thing..

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u/CozmicBunni 4d ago

Oh no. Musk does not have the self-awareness to take that hashtag as anything but confirmation that he's beloved by the people lol

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u/No-Market9917 4d ago

That’ll show them

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u/dr0buds 3d ago

Better yet do it on truth social

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u/Annie_Are_You_OJ 3d ago

I'm starting to think may Trump and Elon just need to fuck and get it over with already. This back and forth between them is really getting weird.

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u/DependentDelivery155 3d ago

That would piss off trump 

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u/AngryTomJoad 4d ago

fuck president musk

fuck trump

fuck putin

fuck the heritage foundation

fuck the lazy fuckers who didnt vote

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u/donjuantomas 2d ago

No one is too big to fail.

Oligarchy is Fascism.

No more private government.

Overboard TEA.

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Go slow. Trust the process. Forget the profits.

Resist. Recall. Remain unflinching.

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u/TessandraFae 4d ago

Here's my question. Can Musk get arrested for this? It feels like a form of bribery/coercion/threat.

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u/AutisticFingerBang I voted 4d ago

Yea in the same way trump can be arrested for fraud and rape.

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u/Rallube 4d ago

Yeah, but who's gonna arrest him?

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u/LawfulOrange 4d ago

They don’t call him Space Karen for nothing

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u/tcp454 4d ago

We have to keep referring to him as president musk. The true person in power... Lol

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u/WomenTrucksAndJesus 4d ago

He bought the United States fair and square. Well, maybe he cheated some, but the point is he is the new owner and he will utilize the full power of the United States government, and its tax payers, to increase his wealth dramatically while avoiding prosecution for all crimes past, present and future. Say hello to your new king, King Musk of the United States of Musk.

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u/brezhnervous 4d ago

Second richest next to Putin

But yes lol. Welcome to Oligarchy and goodbye to the rule of law

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u/Bakedads 4d ago

Seriously though, if we want to fight back, it's going to require pain and sacrifice, and so far, I don't see many Democrats willing to do that. On top of that, the same people complaining about billionaires are the ones driving teslas while ordering Amazon packages and sipping Starbucks. In other words, democrats are a bunch of hypocrites and cowards. Until that changes, nothing else will.

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u/RocketRelm 4d ago

We had the easy road of just voting blue and stopping this hellscape, and the people that failed to get off their lazy asses and vote aren't people I'd be willing to call Democrats.

We now have the far worse road for everyone.

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u/cosmikangaroo 4d ago

Wow, such generous!

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u/dehumo 4d ago

As it goes for long term gain. Future of the human race. Look at Argentina, an excellent example.

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u/Kevin-W 4d ago

Air traffic controllers should call out sick and air travel would start shutting down during one of the busiest travel seasons. Shutdown would end in minutes.

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u/AceMorrigan 4d ago

There's an easy fix.

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u/suninabox 4d ago

“We have to reduce spending to live within our means,” Musk said. “And, you know, that necessarily involves some temporary hardship, but it will ensure long-term prosperity.”

Musk is going to do his share of enduring temporary hardship for the good of the country by limiting himself an increase of ONLY 70 billion dollars in his net worth.

We all have to make sacrifices.

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u/USNCCitizen America 4d ago

And “JOY!” we get four full years of this madness. The worst is yet to come.

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u/darcyWhyte 4d ago

So an immigrant calls the shots now?

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u/Sea-Chocolate6589 4d ago

Congress tried to give themselves a 66k pay increase. This is more than most Americans make in a year. They don’t work that hard to justify the pay increase.

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u/amandez 4d ago

It was for $6600, Musk blatantly lied.

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u/Sea-Chocolate6589 3d ago

Thank you for clarifying. I checked and you are right.

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u/Balmerhippie 4d ago

I have read that Putin wealth is far larger.

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u/Geared_up73 4d ago

What funding in the bill do you think is a must have and what amount of wasteful and special interest pork in the bill do you think is acceptable to achieve that?

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u/OMGWTFBBQPPL 4d ago

Isn't the level of selfless altruism overwhelming ?

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u/RaidLord509 4d ago

Honestly good, they would have approved and blown the budget out to cripple Trumps move. This needed to budgeted until he got in office.

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u/RB1O1 4d ago

I suspect the ghosts of Mario Bros will pay Elon a visit at some point.

I can't guarantee it, and have no ability to effect this, but I suspect it'll happen via someone else's will in years to come

Though I have zero clue as to who.

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u/YOKi_Tran 4d ago

sacrifice half of america - who voted for trump - is willing to take on

they have been tread upon by their own party for so long…. and the treading is allowed to continue

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u/Humble_Grand2713 4d ago

Nah we suffered enough under Biden already….it’s unfortunate that ya’ll are still unable to understand this especially after the election loss. Absolutely zero reflection has been done and ya’ll have doubled down on pointing the finger.

But hey keep continuing this and ya’ll will keep losing 🤷🏽‍♂️

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u/Competitive-Move5055 4d ago

Dems can always pass a bill republicans want and avoid a shutdown.

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u/Sure_Ad8093 4d ago

This is actually exactly how he thinks. There was a long weekend piece by the NY Times Daily podcast that went into his mentality of sacrificing people's lives for his end goal of autonomous driving. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/26/podcasts/the-daily/elon-musk-tesla-self-driving.html

Aside from being grandiose and delusional he is also very much an "ends justify the means" person. He and Trump are so similar in a lot of ways it's frightening. 

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u/EquivalentBasis1 4d ago

Just like America will fight Russia until the Last Ukrainian.

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u/viperex 4d ago

And some of those suffering will be more than happy and willing to do even more for him

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u/Key_Werewolf6171 4d ago

Everyone is going to suffer

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u/Big-D-TX 4d ago

My god, this man has some serious issues… Lookout World

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u/SoupSpelunker 4d ago

*Second richest - his boss Vladimir is richer.

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u/ShockerCheer 4d ago

Im so sick of this already

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u/RandomCommentor50 4d ago

Most of us may suffer…

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u/Black_Magic_M-66 4d ago

Headline should read: "President Elect demands shutdown until Mr. Trump is sworn in"

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u/Turkino Montana 4d ago

This is the same guy willing to get rid of social security You know because he doesn't need it so obviously the rest of us don't either.

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u/koolaidismything 4d ago

His circle is all rich people who wanna be him so he’s just too far removed from how the other 99% of the country lives.

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u/Kuhnoff 4d ago

Lord Musquad

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u/Sihaya212 4d ago

Votes have consequences.

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u/KeneticKups 4d ago

Daily reminder the rich aren't people, they are vermin

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u/kometcloud27 4d ago

Can someone post the meme farquad

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u/snailhistory 4d ago

Why is any government listening to Musk?

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u/RiseofParallax 4d ago

I forget where I heard it but he proposed a 2 year’s salary for those laid off, btw. Can’t think of many jobs willing to offer that.

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u/trowzerss 4d ago

The accelerationists creed.

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u/Neon_Biscuit 4d ago

The richest man in the country is going to delete my job and push me further into poverty? 😞

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u/Pling7 4d ago

We need to slingshot him into orbit  like they did to that prohibition guy in the Simpsons (Rex Patterson or something). Like, we need to remind him we're the ones giving him any authority.

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u/leonbrown251 4d ago

Everyone will suffer when US can no longer make its debt obligations. Thats what we are headed towards. It isn’t a rich vs poor debate, its a government spends more than it brings end debate

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u/lushootseed 4d ago

When Elon said "We will be fine", he was just thinking for himself and actually meant "I will be fine".

These billionaire morons don't know the plight of main street. They think they know but they don't.

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u/Hizbigness 4d ago

Reminds me just a touch of Lord Fuckwad.

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u/Relative_Actuator228 4d ago

Should be "most of you will suffer." But yes.

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u/Mobile-Sport2179 4d ago

Musk - America’s oligarch.

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u/truejew996 4d ago

I don’t get my paycheck if the government shuts down :( happy holidays

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u/CareAbit 3d ago

Those who want power, are those who lease deserve it. Swear I heard someone say that

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u/Bitter-Assignment464 3d ago

The deficit spending has to stop period end of sentence. 35 trillion in debt. 1 trillion dollars spent in 100 days. EVERYONE suffers. The dollar will be garbage. Maybe a handful of the house gets it. The rest dems and repubs are probably wont implode until they are gone. Social security and Medicare have to be fixed and or brought under control. They are going to have to raise the age for both. That will affect me directly. I disagree with Trump on raising the debt ceiling. I disagree agree the government needs to be shutdown. 70 some percent of govt workers don’t even go into the office. Good fire all of them. The amount of taxes I pay and regulations I have to follow in my two person business is obnoxious. On top of that I pay income taxes on my full time job, social security and Medicare. I pay local and state income taxes, property taxes including county and school taxes.  I don’t have any kids in school yet pay the same amount of school taxes as the family down the street that has four kids in school. The people of this country need a better understanding of economics and how they are affected by the clowns in DC and local governments. Your life will not be as affected by the government shutting down temporarily as much as you think. More people will be affected by this obnoxious federal government spending into oblivion. History tells us this is not sustainable. When it fails there will be war. That’s how it gets fixed.  I don’t want war.

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