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'Problem for Tesla': Dems flee automaker over Musk’s Trump endorsement (www.rawstory.com)
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But Musk later changed his mind, reportedly donating $45 million a month of his money to the pro-Trump political action committee American PAC.

`Nuff said. CEOs are often Republican, but to be this outspokenly political is normally a bad thing for CEOs like Musk. Media company heads (and Twitter/X is a media company) are supposed to at least pretend to be neutral.

And catering to the far-right seems like a bad idea if your company makes EVs. But what do I know?

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[–] stoly@lemmy.world 26 points 1 year ago (2 children)

The problem is that it is his narcissism that drives him to want to be adored by everyone. As such, he can't actually stop talking.

[–] PseudorandomNoise@lemmy.world 24 points 1 year ago

Literally the exact same problem Trump had during COVID. Fauci was giving press briefings every day and we all loved him for it. Problem was we loved him more than Trump and that's when Trump just had to have the spotlight once again.

[–] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

Also the drugs