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Trump threatens to cut Musk's government contracts, escalating their public feud
- aaron695 1y ago[dead]
- jefurii 1y agoKayfabe. Remember Trump's involvement with pro wrestling and all the nonsense that goes along with that.
- techpineapple 1y agoMaybe, but Trump can take that Kayfabe pretty far, he has a history of sort of disproportionately screwing over the people closest to him.
- duxup 1y ago>Kayfabe I don't think Elon brings up Epstein if they're just messing around.
- dragonwriter 1y agoEpstein is perfectly safe for Elon to bring up; Trump's association is well known, and everyone who supports Trump has already discarded it, and everyone who opposes Trump has already weighed it into their opinion as much as they are going to; nothing is moved by it.
- ben_w 1y agoHmm. Could be. But are both of their egos up to remembering it's fake? Musk might, he used that to back down in 2019, but can Trump ever back down?
- danso 1y agoHe didn’t just claim that Trump was in the Epstein files, he asserted that that was the reason that the yet-unreleased files are being prevented from release.
- Flatcircle 1y agoAll Elon has to do is wait 1.5 years and Trump has no power
- ceejayoz 1y agoHe's pissed off both teams, now.
- duxup 1y agoIf he can keep his mouth shut for a while, I bet he can donate some campaign funds and get some favors, from almost anyone.
- ceejayoz 1y ago> If he can keep his mouth shut for a while… Yeah, that's not happening.
- pityJuke 1y agoA literal fact, he posts an average of 220 times per week post Twitter takeover. [0] Ditto for his current opposition! [1] [0]: https://www.economist.com/briefing/2024/11/21/elon-musks-transformation-in-his-own-words https://www.economist.com/briefing/2024/11/21/elon-musks-tra... [1]: https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2025/06/03/trump-truth-social-twitter/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2025/06/03/trump-t...
- r00fus 1y agoThe Dems are so cringe RN, courting him: https://www.politico.com/news/2025/06/05/elon-musk-democrats-donald-trump-00389961 https://www.politico.com/news/2025/06/05/elon-musk-democrats...
- georgemcbay 1y agoAFAICT despite the headlines implying this is a larger push its only really Ro Khanna talking about this, not Democrats generally. That aside, and speaking as someone who is very left leaning, a lot of the party is in fact cringe RN for lots of other reasons.
- ceejayoz 1y agoMusk's responding by noting Trump's involvement with Epstein. https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1930703865801810022 https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1930703865801810022 This is gonna get messy.
- robocat 1y ago> messy Feels like the obvious outcome from the start. I still wonder why Musk drunk from the poisoned chalice of the doge.
- dismalaf 1y ago> I still wonder why Musk drunk from the poisoned chalice of the doge Probably the chance to download a bunch of government data.
- minimaxir 1y agoThat tweet is the equivalent of crossing the Rubicon. There's no going back for him.
- ben_w 1y agoMusk has crossed that river's tributaries so many times since 2019, including with what looks suspiciously like bribing the electorate to get Trump into office, that historians will be arguing for centuries about which exact error was ultimately Musk's undoing.
- TheAlchemist 1y agoElon may have forgotten while writing this tweet, probably under drugs influence, that he was not born in the US, was there illegaly for some period of time, and that his companies are 99% depenedent on the US government. Which is run by an 80 years old narcissist and wannabe dictator.
- lawn 1y agoIt would be hilarious if Trump deported Musk. But alas, he's rich and white so it's extremely unlikely.
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- PaulHoule 1y ago... and I was thinking he was going to have this problem after Trump was out.
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- steveBK123 1y agoMoney does seem to poison most mens minds, but some far more than others.
- duxup 1y agoThere's an interesting theory about social media and these two guys (AND others regardless of political spectrum) that the writer calls "Twitter poisoning": https://www.nytimes.com/2022/11/11/opinion/trump-musk-kanye-twitter.html https://www.nytimes.com/2022/11/11/opinion/trump-musk-kanye-...
- steveBK123 1y agoBelievable Social media is a drug
- aaron695 1y ago[dead]
- mrtksn 1y agoIt would be poetic if Elon Musk gets his citizenship canceled, assets seized and deported to El Salvador due to the alleged irregularities with his US visa. Not that I wish him this but I just can't keep myself thinking about it considering that Musk tried to deport other immigrants pretty hard. I know people from Ivy league universities in USA getting their student visa canceled for parking tickets, speeding or laud partying.
- codedokode 1y agoThe troll getting trolled sound like fun.
- ZeroGravitas 1y agoI do wish that for him. He would deserve it. Steve Bannon is calling for an investigation into Musk's immigration irregularities. Would be fun to watch but probably too much to hope for.
- arresin 1y agoWhy would that be fun to watch?
- cherry_tree 1y ago>Schadenfreude is the experience of pleasure, joy, or self-satisfaction that comes from learning of or witnessing the troubles, failures, pain, suffering, or humiliation of another. It is a loanword from German. Schadenfreude has been detected in children as young as 24 months and may be an important social emotion establishing "inequity aversion".[1] [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schadenfreude https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schadenfreude
- ZeroGravitas 1y ago> Justice-based schadenfreude comes from seeing that behavior seen as immoral or "bad" is punished. It is the pleasure associated with seeing a "bad" person being harmed or receiving retribution. Schadenfreude is experienced here because it makes people feel that fairness has been restored for a previously un-punished wrong, and is a type of moral emotion.
- dismalaf 1y agoAs a Canadian... Popcorn time ;-)
- archagon 1y agoThis saga is starting to remind me of a certain Russian “chef.”
- busyant 1y agoCan someone explain this reference? My best guess is that this is an allusion to Rasputin, but: a) I'm probably wrong and b) I don't understand the chef part.
- profsummergig 1y agoThis is an Ayn Rand novel happening in real time. As an enjoyer of Ayn Rand, I'm feeling tingly. Remember: if he so wants, Musk can get access to all the private messages that MAGA people DM'ed each other on X (well into the past). A lot of vanity bonfires can happen.
- burnt-resistor 1y agoPlease leave the utopian accelerationism and libertarianism and fiction at the door, thanks. I'd rather have an open society with competent, sane leadership that doesn't kowtow to billionaires or throws away safety regulations written in blood for the sake of "small government" or "abundance".
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- lazystar 1y agothese two are masters of social media. occams razor suggests that they planned this in advance for some other purpose. my guess is theyre hoping this will cause tesla stock to rise.
- awb 1y agoActually, Occam’s razor would suggest that their words be taken at face value. A hidden agenda is not the simplest explanation.
- steveBK123 1y agoEspecially when it comes to rich mens egos..
- aisenik 1y agoOccam's Razor should not be used for self-harm. Two of the guys at the head of the biggest open conspiracies in the world are likely to be conspiring if their actions result in favorable conditions. This social media spat is happening immediately after "Welcomefest," a bizarre Republican-light centrist conference, and positions Elon Musk to capture the centrist Democratic apparatus. This follows a pattern of fecklessness and capitulation from the party's power centers, including major Democratic figures advocating for realignment with MAGA on core issues. There's another pattern too: we have seen a concerted effort from the MAGA movement to capture societal institutions and forcibly reform them into alignment with their radical agenda to replace the US Constitution. Aligning the DNC into a technocratic fascist organization that supports their monarchic visions of domination will be an incredible humiliation (though far from the last). And quite simple. I'm going to assume conspiracy from the guys arrogant enough to get caught boasting that the opposition is too credulous to accept an open conspiracy.
- awb 1y agoI’m not debating the potential accuracy of anyone’s interpretation, just commenting on the degree of simplicity of those interpretations. It’s a Razor, not a law, so it isn’t going to be 100% accuracy or predictive. But to suggest that the Razor can be used in conjunction with a long, complex explanation is a contradiction.
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