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U.S. President Donald Trump, in an interview with NBC News on Saturday, said there would be "serious consequences" if billionaire Elon Musk funds Democratic Party candidates to run against Republicans who vote for Trump's sweeping tax-cut bill.

Trump declined to say what those consequences would be in the phone interview, and went on to add that he had not had discussions about whether to investigate Musk.

Asked if he thought his relationship with the Tesla and SpaceX CEO was over, Trump said, "I would assume so, yeah."

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[–] Pnut@lemm.ee 2 points 1 day ago

We've had the quiet dictatorship. But what about the loud one?

[–] decapitae@sh.itjust.works 137 points 3 days ago (2 children)

Because in a functional democracy, threatening opposition is encouraged and often leads to a healthy society. /s

[–] phoenixz@lemmy.ca 7 points 1 day ago (1 children)

He'd sorta have a point about people shouldn't be able to just dump a few millions on elections to influence them, but since Elmo did literally that for trump it's not only too late, it's also hypocritical as shit

Which makes sense because for Republicans it's always them accusing Democrats of what they are doing themselves

[–] fodor@lemmy.zip 1 points 1 day ago

I'm not worried about the hypocrisy here. I couldn't give a f*** about Trump being hypocritical. But I care an awful lot that he's threatening to do something terrible to someone he considers a political opponent.

[–] Reverendender@sh.itjust.works 70 points 3 days ago (2 children)

I’m starting to think his goal might not be a healthy society.

[–] FrChazzz@lemmus.org 38 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I have young kids. They often say things like “if I were president, I would—“ and then say some borderline totalitarian nonsense like “make it illegal to put pickles on burgers” or some other thing that is self-focused and completely misunderstands the nature of the presidency.

Which is all to say that Trump holds the same view of the presidency that a five-year-old does. And he occupies the office. Awesome.

[–] catloaf@lemm.ee 27 points 3 days ago (3 children)

He said it himself:

When I look at myself in the first grade and I look at myself now, I’m basically the same. The temperament is not that different.

https://theweek.com/speedreads/575962/donald-trump-tells-biographer-hes-same-now-first-grade

[–] oxysis@lemmy.blahaj.zone 13 points 3 days ago

Honestly he was probably better as a first grader because he hadn’t learned everything about how to be an unrelenting asshole yet

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[–] 60d@lemmy.ca 7 points 2 days ago
[–] apfelwoiSchoppen@lemmy.world 52 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

The fact that a billionaire bought an election and can easily buy it again is so plain for all to see and it is repugnant. The rich shouldn't be.

[–] Mouselemming@sh.itjust.works 12 points 2 days ago

That last sentence, I parsed it 2 ways and both are appealing.

[–] Fingolfinz@lemmy.world 21 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Reality is fucking stupid as fuck right now. I think I’m going to mentally check out for a bit

[–] explodicle@sh.itjust.works 5 points 2 days ago

Direct action is working. Don't let up!

[–] pyre@lemmy.world -1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

that's how you got into this. 86 million people checking out.

[–] Fingolfinz@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Fuck off, I voted for Harris

[–] pyre@lemmy.world -3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

ok? still, that's how you got into this, with people checking out. i didn't say you did, since it wouldn't make sense after you said you wanted to check out now. my point is that these cunts want to tire people enough to make them check out so they can do whatever they want without any pushback.

[–] Fingolfinz@lemmy.world 0 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Well I didn’t need the comment from you. I’m well fucking aware.

[–] pyre@lemmy.world -3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

dude, go fuck yourself. this is a public thread. if you don't want comments don't make public comments online.

[–] Fingolfinz@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Aww someone’s upset they weren’t the hero they were expecting

[–] pyre@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

the what? what does being a hero have to do with anything? and "someone's upset" is rich coming from the dude who immediately took things personally and started cursing defensively.

[–] chemical_cutthroat@lemmy.world 65 points 3 days ago (49 children)

If any Democrat accepts funds from Musk they've lost my vote.

[–] gAlienLifeform@lemmy.world 55 points 3 days ago

If they take his money and then release a public statement calling him a nazi piece of shit who will never have any influence in their office I'd allow it. Bonus points if they promise Musk they won't do that before doing it.

Otherwise, yeah. Musk needs to be a Kanye level pariah at least for what he's done.

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[–] mossberg590@lemmy.world 35 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

Musk is going to fund Republican candidates in the primaries, non-MAGA Republicans. The idea he would fund Dems is laughable. It will be interesting to see which way the Republicans go, money or MAGA.

[–] Zenith@lemm.ee 7 points 2 days ago

Non maga repugs are terrified of Trump and won’t sand up to him though, there’s no reason to fund them either

[–] TotallynotJessica@lemmy.blahaj.zone 13 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I'm sure billionaires will be funding Democrats hard, which is why we need to treat the party like neo-feudalists from now on. No matter what they say, they cannot be trusted to do anything but further raid the working class. They're more of a long term enemy than Trump, and we cannot give them an easy time. They will never be saviors, only new masters.

[–] Ledericas@lemm.ee 5 points 2 days ago (1 children)

they actually fund both, but they fund the gop more when they can get tax cuts, or thier investment wont get taxed to hell.

The game is fundamentally different now in a worse way. We're looking at a future of neo feudal politicians once this fascist flame burns through the nation. The end of the US as a unified whole is a genuine possibility. Feudalists gaining control and creating a hellish dystopia with the power of the empire is the alternative. Post Trump America will be never be as successful a liberal democracy as 2024 America was, and 2024 America was absolutely bottom of the barrel.

America needs to burn and probably will, but that will more likely to be awful than not. It will be a monumental lift to bring about a positive future.

[–] evenglow@lemmy.world 30 points 3 days ago (2 children)

Trump doesn't want to get blamed when Democrats start winning elections. If it happens Musk will gloat for credit and the finger pointers will say Trump should not have pissed off Musk.

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[–] mercano@lemmy.world 16 points 2 days ago (1 children)

And, since the Supreme Court has ruled money = speech with the Citizens United ruling, Trump has just set Elon up for a First Amendment case if anything happens. One that the taxpayer will likely foot the bill to defend.

[–] nickwitha_k@lemmy.sdf.org 10 points 2 days ago

Threatening action as a government official is taking an action. Under the rules of CU, he has standing. Then again, the Roberts court doesn't care about stare decisis or the letter of the law or the spirit of the law, just what can keep the grift flowing.

I gotta say, I don't think I can trust any candidate that takes money from this guy

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