Man born owning an emerald mine claims he supports meritocracy, will donate money to man born owning thousands of homes.
Don't forget he lost money in a casino as the owner.
Pretty sure he was cleaning money...
It's still nearly impossible to bankrupt a casino, even while laundering money. That's part of why it's such a great business for money laundering. It practically runs itself and will be reliable long-term.
Did he back down from $45m/no? Sounded like be was still giving it yo a PAC to elect Trump. He was just complaining about "inaccurate" reporting of "donating to Trump" directly, because it gave him an excuse to shit on people.
He can't possibly, but I like the energy.
I feel like Elon is becoming the Kanye of tech. It’s a weirdly similar progression, in terms of the public face he presents.
Nah. He's just bad at keeping his word.
People like Trump are surprised that people like Trump don't have genuine loyalty to people like Trump...
Gotta say I read the article and Musk never says anything like knowing Trump will lose to Harris.
Is this cause he wouldn't confirm the amount he's donating?
No, because he's an idiot and says stuff before he realizes what he's doing, then tries to back out. Just like trying to buy Twitter and a dozen other stupid things, like challenging Zuckerberg to an MMA fight or whatever.
He didn't back out. He's just clarifying that he's donating to a PAC instead of to Trump himself which is illegal.
Throw a few "OP will surely deliver" memes in between the initial promise and this retraction and you'd have a /b/ thread.
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