The feud between Elon Musk and President Donald Trump heated up again Tuesday after the billionaire slammed Republicans over the president's spending bill.
  • Kalcifer@sh.itjust.works
    0·
    2 hours ago

    IMO, one of the worst parts of the article is this quote:

    […] “We might have to put DOGE on Elon,” [Trump] said. […] “If DOGE looks at Musk, we’re going to save a fortune,[sic]” […] [1]

    To me, this reads as an admission of guilt from Trump that he instructs DOGE to withhold its scrutiny from entities favorable to him, and that he biases it towards entities unfavorable to him.

    References
    1. Type: Article. Title: “Trump says he’ll ‘look’ at deporting Musk as feud reignites”. Author: “Rachel Scott”, “Fritz Farrow”, “Lalee Ibssa”, “Ivan Pereira”. Publisher: “ABC News Network”. Published: 2025-07-01T08:07. Accessed: 2025-07-04T05:11Z. URI: https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/trump-hell-deporting-musk-feud-reignites/story?id=123372908.
      • Location: ¶6,10.
  • Bieren@lemmy.world
    0·
    2 days ago

    No. No he won’t and you fucking know it. Stop believing this shit. It’s all theater and market manipulation.

  • raynethackery@lemmy.world
    0·
    2 days ago

    The man has more money than anyone and owns X/Twitter. His reach is global. It doesn’t matter what country he is in. He could fund primaries for every sitting member of the Senate and House and not put a dent in his wealth. Isn’t this what all his fans a wanted?

  • CharlesDarwin@lemmy.worldEnglish
    0·
    2 days ago

    Even if Taco really doesn’t like fElon, I don’t see him doing this since it won’t “own the libs”.

    • DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social
      0·
      2 days ago

      Pretty much everyone agrees that Trump will do whatever the last person in the room with him suggests so I wouldn’t call it impossible but otherwise yeah, a bunch of kayfabe nonsense in all likelihood.

  • Remember_the_tooth@lemmy.world
    0·
    2 days ago

    I think it’s just a WWE match at this point. They’ll have a dramatic fight with some fake blows, and then go pick up their paychecks. They might even go hang out if there’s not actually any bad blood between them. They’re pretty much coworkers at this point. They might have real personal conflicts, but I doubt they’ll actually air those grievances with their customers. Too many skeletons, as others have said.