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Trump is following. He’s trying to pretend otherwise but he’s following. And unlike all of Trump’s other bad hires or hires he gets tired of, he can’t just shitcan Musk. Musk is worth hundreds of billions of dollars. He’s got a bigger megaphone. And he’s got his own brand. I’m pretty sure there will eventually be a really big and really ugly falling out between the two of them. But it will take a while to get there and the costs are potentially quite large for both of them.

Trump has sewn himself into a sack with Elon Musk, a few billion dollars, a cat and a snake, and had the sack tossed into the Tiber. That’s the story here. And it will go on for a while.

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    3 days ago

    Honestly I don’t think he is bowing down , trump is just the figurehead and he’s getting tired/losing it so instead of spouting harebrained nonsense like usual he’s looking at other people’s nonsense and going “yeah!”

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    Someone, project this against the wall opposite of wherever he lives. Or drop thousands of flyers!

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    3 days ago

    fantastic. if i had any money i’d put some of these “elmo’s bitch” memes on billboards

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    Musk doesn’t have a twirling beanie crying with a lollipop covered in grass and ants in his hand… but other than that, accurate.

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    Musks megaphone is a joke. Some of us knew Musk was an asshat a long time ago, but it’s more common place now.

    Musk is simply good at marketing. EVs were a buzz -gets into EVs. For a while, any halfway decent articles about ‘Tesla’ would go viral online. -Bought Tesla. Carbon Fiber was in - wanted to make all Teslas carbon fiber. Have you seen any paid ads for his shit? -It’s all media buzz, and that buzz is dying.