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I would counter that I bet they have been having these discussions for some time and this is all being used to sway opinion against him. Like him or not, the co

I would counter that I bet they have been having these discussions for some time and this is all being used to sway opinion against him. Like him or not, the cool thing now is to hate on musk and worry about what could happen with twitter and this helps build that negative sentiment. The state department doesn't benefit from that transaction either and the federal government poking at him over the deal has left as sour taste i'm sure. From the outside the only fact we can ascertain is that we know his services are not net 0 in cost, so by that assumption any expense is one he can argue he deserves support on.

CogitoCogito 4y ago
> I would counter that I bet they have been having these discussions for some time and this is all being used to sway opinion against him. Like him or not, the cool thing now is to hate on musk and worry about what could happen with twitter and this helps build that negative sentiment. The state department doesn't benefit from that transaction either and the federal government poking at him over the deal has left as sour taste i'm sure. Well like I said it all basically comes down to whether you consider Musk trustworthy. Personally I see a him as a grandstanding, lying charlatan. This is a belief I've held for many years long before you say it now has become the cool thing. But I don't run the DOD and only watch this from the sidelines. We'll just have to see how the the DOD and other portions of the government react. > From the outside the only fact we can ascertain is that we know his services are not net 0 in cost, so by that assumption any expense is one he can argue he deserves support on. This is a bit of a straw man. I haven't heard anyone argue that he must give out services for free. The criticism I've heard has been to question the actual numbers Musk has provided and the way he's gone about doing it.

CogitoCogito 4y ago

> I would counter that I bet they have been having these discussions for some time and this is all being used to sway opinion against him. Like him or not, the cool thing now is to hate on musk and worry about what could happen with twitter and this helps build that negative sentiment. The state department doesn't benefit from that transaction either and the federal government poking at him over the deal has left as sour taste i'm sure. Well like I said it all basically comes down to whether you consider Musk trustworthy. Personally I see a him as a grandstanding, lying charlatan. This is a belief I've held for many years long before you say it now has become the cool thing. But I don't run the DOD and only watch this from the sidelines. We'll just have to see how the the DOD and other portions of the government react. > From the outside the only fact we can ascertain is that we know his services are not net 0 in cost, so by that assumption any expense is one he can argue he deserves support on. This is a bit of a straw man. I haven't heard anyone argue that he must give out services for free. The criticism I've heard has been to question the actual numbers Musk has provided and the way he's gone about doing it.