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Elon Musk's Business Empire Scores Benefits Under Trump Shake-Up

15 points by foobarqux 2y ago

fsflover 2y ago
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43018369 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43018369
foobarqux 2y ago
https://archive.ph/woOHH https://archive.ph/woOHH
bediger4000 2y ago
Given the appearance of monumental conflict of interest, why isn't this reported as likely corruption, and investigation as such demanded?
- bdangubic 2y ago
  not sure you got the memo but we no longer have neither working legislative nor judiciary branch of government so that’d be a moot
  - bediger4000 2y ago
    Sure, but they could report it as such, if their oligarch let them.
- zfg 2y ago
  > why isn't this reported as likely corruption Because Musk has been given the task of investigating his own conflicts of interest. He will find no problems: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-02-05/white-house-says-musk-will-police-his-own-conflicts-of-interest https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-02-05/white-hou...
  - bediger4000 2y ago
    That's a Washington Post article. Musk isn't Trump, so WaPo could use truthful descriptions like "corrupt", "conflict of interest" and "lies" when reporting on Musk's activities.
johng 2y ago
So the very first paragraph of the article has to correct itself. The title says he's getting benefits. The first paragraph says he's getting benefits. Then the first paragraph corrects itself by saying: "or is now in a decidedly better position to benefit." So he hasn't received benefits, but he might, potentially, because some democrats have left and they've been replaced by republicans, potentially, whom you can assume, will be more sympathetic to him. The exact quote: "President Trump has been in office less than a month, and Elon Musk’s vast business empire is already benefiting — or is now in a decidedly better position to benefit." -- the article and title seem to be trying to get you to think one thing without any proof yet.

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Elon Musk's Business Empire Scores Benefits Under Trump Shake-Up

15 points by foobarqux 2y ago

fsflover 2y ago
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43018369 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43018369
foobarqux 2y ago
https://archive.ph/woOHH https://archive.ph/woOHH
bediger4000 2y ago
Given the appearance of monumental conflict of interest, why isn't this reported as likely corruption, and investigation as such demanded?
- bdangubic 2y ago
  not sure you got the memo but we no longer have neither working legislative nor judiciary branch of government so that’d be a moot
  - bediger4000 2y ago
    Sure, but they could report it as such, if their oligarch let them.
- zfg 2y ago
  > why isn't this reported as likely corruption Because Musk has been given the task of investigating his own conflicts of interest. He will find no problems: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-02-05/white-house-says-musk-will-police-his-own-conflicts-of-interest https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-02-05/white-hou...
  - bediger4000 2y ago
    That's a Washington Post article. Musk isn't Trump, so WaPo could use truthful descriptions like "corrupt", "conflict of interest" and "lies" when reporting on Musk's activities.
johng 2y ago
So the very first paragraph of the article has to correct itself. The title says he's getting benefits. The first paragraph says he's getting benefits. Then the first paragraph corrects itself by saying: "or is now in a decidedly better position to benefit." So he hasn't received benefits, but he might, potentially, because some democrats have left and they've been replaced by republicans, potentially, whom you can assume, will be more sympathetic to him. The exact quote: "President Trump has been in office less than a month, and Elon Musk’s vast business empire is already benefiting — or is now in a decidedly better position to benefit." -- the article and title seem to be trying to get you to think one thing without any proof yet.