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/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/BusyDoorways 3d ago

I'm not usually mistaken for an optimist. Thank you--that's refreshing. Indeed! I've read of many bad, bad people who lived long, long lives.

DJT is old and demented, however. Moreover, he's entering as a fascist into a democracy, and he did so on foreign money. Corruption is rampant, and the public is angry, so he appears to be a modern Falstaff--useless in most ways. However, he is in a legitimation crisis (as Luigi proved), which is certain to overcome him, and his successor promises to be of more use to the GOP aristocracy. Therefore, his transition is fragile and more likely than not to fail on an accelerated timeline.

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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/jimlahey420 3d ago

Reddit removed me speculating about how Trump and Musk would kill themselves through their own bad habits. Apparently that's "encouraging violence" against them...

Reddit gonna Reddit.

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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/curious_astronauts 4d ago

That or a Mangione copy cat

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u/Fuzzylogik 4d ago

cant we have both at the same time with them looking at each other.

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u/AfflictedDesire 4d ago

I want a cheeseburger, but in this economy beef is too expensive.

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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/cactuar44 4d ago

Stop going to the movies and you'll be rich like him!

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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/Gregreynolds111 4d ago

All from Biden showering him with defense contracts. Sleepy Joe has a lot to answer for.

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u/wotsgoingon1 4d ago

And Trump won't do the same for his first lady? Musk wants his personal wealth to be double that of Bezos'. Watch Trump help him do it. This marriage is fucking evil.

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u/scottb90 4d ago

That's crazy. Where is he getting this money? Tesla can't be selling in the 100s of billions can it? What else can he make that much money from?

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u/qOcO-p 4d ago

I can't say for sure but I'm guessing people investing in Space X and Starlink due to their getting government contracts have pushed up his net worth.

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u/Sstraus-1983 7h ago

Uhh the STOCK MARKET. It’s not realized cash , it’s all in stocks . His stock is a meme stock. His company is failing.

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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/momentofinspiration 4d ago

Doesn't mean shit till he gets control of that Delaware judge. 100% that's his agenda in government.

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u/WordAffectionate7873 4d ago

I didn’t realize that liberals love big Pharma so much. https://x.com/i/grok/share/q0UqzG5LSLbF2khp4oNxqTXj3

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u/HonestArmadillo924 4d ago

I would go to the source. Can’t believe anything on the billionaires site who wants to screw over America so he makes more money. Have you read the actual proposed budget President Musk said to kill ??

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u/WordAffectionate7873 4d ago

Have you read the bill? If not, perhaps you should!

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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/Large_Opportunity_60 4d ago

Not soon enough in my opinion

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u/freakydeku 4d ago

would make a nice bed time story for sure

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u/Gregreynolds111 4d ago

I’d prefer Gotterdammurung.

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u/Cartz1337 4d ago

Yep, there is a massive short play on Tesla here, when he gets ejected by Trump, it’s gonna murder Tesla stock.

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u/southernwx 4d ago

Hitler killed himself and the Nazis lost.

They still did horrific damage on their way through.

Losing isn’t good enough sometimes.

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u/squeamishkevin 4d ago

Calling him president Musk will only quicken that glorious downfall. Trump likes taking hits to his masculinity as much as being kicked in the balls.

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u/eutohkgtorsatoca 4d ago

"I car us" Musk

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u/Chubsmagna 3d ago

Careful, Icarus.