The richest man in the world, who also happens to be a U.S. defense contractor, is being criticized on social media on Sunday after questioning why people aren’t trying to assassinate Vice President Kamala Harris.
Trump over the weekend was tackled by his own Secret Service after an individual was reportedly spotted hiding on the former president’s golf course behind a bush with an AK-47. Authorities say they fired at the man, who was later apprehended and is being questioned.
A graphic designer posted a question, “Why they want to kill Donald Trump?” Elon Musk, who owns the social media company that he renamed from Twitter to “X,” posted a controversial statement in response.
“And no one is even trying to assassinate Biden/Kamala,” Musk wrote with a “thinking face” emoji.
The comment did not go over well.
This is the most poorly worded title…
I had to reread it multiple times because it initially seemed like the FBI was being flagged as a “major government contractor”
My response initially was no shit its the fucken FBI… wait contracter? Did they fucken privatize them?!
Then I realized the actual meaning.
I think the goal was to tell the story in a way that doesn’t seem as familiar to point out just how crazy it is that we have become used to these headlines every single day.
Just saying elon musk tweeted a dumb thing is whatever. But keep in mind who he actually is despite… who he is.
A graphic designer posted a question, “Why they want to kill Donald Trump?”
That ‘graphic designer’ is literally Musk’s alt account on twitter. It’s commonly known.
Edit: I’ve now read somewhere it’s some Indian guy simping for Musk. I honestly don’t know what to believe anymore.
Why did you say it’s commonly known?
Padme: So they’re going to cancel his defense contract, right?
SpaceX is beating the pants off every other domestic launch provider unfortunately. All because Musk took some fantastic risks with his own money, and they paid off handsomely. And the worst part is SpaceX is a private company: no public shareholders to keep Musk in check.
You may have heard about ULA having a wee bit of trouble with some capsule thrusters. They have lost some truly epic amounts of money on that program.
I wish we had a legal way to force musk out of spacex. I want spacex to succeed, I think it’s in our nature as humans to want to explore beyond our own planet. I don’t think it should be under private control of fascist billionaires with the interests of building feudalist space colonies
And the worst part is SpaceX is a private company: no public shareholders to keep Musk in check.
Not like the Tesla or Twitter shareholders are doing much good anyhow.
Defense production act hangs over their head like the sword of Damocles though if they get out of line in actually following through on their contracts.
Boeing*, not ULA.
At first read, I thought that the Trump campaign had flagged the FBI as a major government contractor and thus part of the Deep State 😄
Also, given the state of Twitter now, this is the part I find hardest to believe:
the comment did not go over well
Of course, it’s not an entirely unreasonable question to ask, and if they were asking it seriously, it could lead to some self-reflection and improvement.
For example, maybe people are trying to assassinate Trump because he’s made it clear that he approves of assassination as a political tool, and he’s also made it clear that he is a worthless piece of slime. Maybe Harris just isn’t quite bad enough to rise to the level of murder to a bunch off morons.
Also Harris hasn’t really disappointed anyone. I don’t think anyone who plans on voting for her believes she’s the second coming of Christ or any bullshit like that.
However Trump is not leading a political movement. He’s leading a cult. When you find out your god is just some asshole, you might snap.
From anyone else, it would almost seem like a rhetorical question. The issue is whether or not he understands that level of thought.
Could it be that it’s because Harris isn’t a fascist piece of shit and the most pressing threat to democracy in American history? Could it be that Trump is an Un-American dumpster fire, and likely a full fledged asset of Russia and Vladimir Putin? Could it be that he traded nuclear secrets? Could it be that he received $10 million from Egypt’s president? Could it be all the rapes? Could it be the belittling of American armed forces? Maybe it was the violent coup attempt, or just the general courtship between Trump and angry uneducated whites?
Durrr, what could be the reason?
Wouldn’t it be something if Trump got killed by his own weapon? Like if he had been successful in removing the metal detectors from the mall on January 6th, and somebody had smuggled in a gun and killed him with it.
Trump and his supporters are this country’s weird ex-boyfriend that won’t stop stalking her and threatening her for attention.
This title hurts my brain.
Hmmm , why might that be? Could it be that she’s likable?
The stupid just keeps going deeper.
I wonder if someone has tested Elon’s security and it just didn’t get reported. Maybe he is feeling kinship with trump that way. I honestly wonder if they could keep such a thing out of the press. And would he even try to?
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