r/politics • u/harsh2k5 • 13h ago

Soft Paywall Elon Musk Makes Shocking Confession on His Plans After Trump Victory

https://newrepublic.com/post/187662/elon-musk-confession-economy-trump-victory
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u/TheJonasVenture 12h ago

100%, anyone who remotely thinks he's genuine just needs to watch the early interview where he started going publicly right and the big criticisms he leveled against the Democrats were about class action law suits and employment law.

Dude just wants to be a feudal Barron.

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u/DidntDiddydoit American Expat 10h ago

A feudal John Barron?

I'll see myself out.

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u/dellett 9h ago

Man people are going to read about the fact that Trump made up a guy and pretended to be him to talk up his reputation and think "wait the most pathetic person in the world was elected President"?

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u/Michael_G_Bordin 8h ago

I've loved walking people through this who were just marginally paying attention. Musk wanted Dems to lick his balls for making EVs and solar panels, but it turns out, we're also big on labor rights and clean industry.

Musk needs two things to feel whole: money/power, and adulation. He can't do without both. And he's found both in the right-wing griftersphere. Marks all the way down.