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Trump’s niece says Musk now ‘owns’ ex-president: ‘He’s always been up for sale’ (www.independent.co.uk)
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Trump has promised Musk major role in overseeing government spending in any future Trump administration

Donald Trump’s estranged niece is accusing the former president of having a “new owner” because of his increasingly close relationship with tech billionaire Elon Musk.

“Donald Trump has always been for sale,” Mary Trump wrote in a Substack post on Saturday.

“Given this decades-long pattern, it’s not surprising that the world’s richest fascist, South African jumping bean Elon Musk, would also be interested in purchasing a few shares in a man who is willing to sell whatever he can get his hands on —whether it’s steaks or American national security — because he values money more than anything,” she added.

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[–] [email protected] 13 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (3 children)

Has musk even paid anything?

There was that time he said he'd donate to a pac, and then didn't.

Is this just because he owns Twitter and has a bunch of the same followers as trump? If so, does trump really think people would pick musk over him?

Genuinely this dynamic is really confusing to me.

I guess the only explanation I can think of is that Trump was always a stooge for the billionaires, and Elon has appointed himself their representative

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (2 children)

Musk is a liar. He said he wasn't going to donate to Trump in July when news leaked about his 45mil/month promise, but he was already donating, and is still donating now.

This week, there was more proof that Musk has put his money where his mouth has been. According to a report from the Wall Street Journal, Musk poured tens of millions of dollars into Republican campaigns and conservative groups even before he publicly endorsed Donald Trump in July. Conservatives helped conceal Musk’s contributions through so-called social welfare or “dark money” groups that do not have to disclose their donors and can raise unlimited funds. (Musk did not respond to the Journal’s request for comment.)

One piece of reporting stood out. The newspaper found that the tech billionaire donated more than $50 million in 2022 for campaign advertisements by Citizens for Sanity, a group connected to former Trump aide Stephen Miller and his non-profit America First Legal, which bills itself as “the long-awaited answer to the ACLU.” 

Musk has also directly aligned himself with Trump, founding a super PAC called America PAC to get 800,000 people to vote for the former president in key battleground states. According to the Guardian, Trump’s ground operation in swing states are now mostly outsourced to America PAC, and Business Insider said that Musk is now shelling out millions to Republicans in 15 competitive House races. Yesterday, Politico reported that America PAC was teaming up with Turning Point Action, the political advocacy division of Charlie Kirk’s Turning Point USA, to fund hundreds of “ballot chasers” in Wisconsin. 

Hes also dumped at least 300k in to general GOP races directly:

The National Republican Congressional Committee reported receiving $289,100 from Musk in August, according to its report filed with the Federal Election Commission Friday.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago

Alright, that's what I'm looking for, thanks!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

America™©® brought to you by Elon Musk™

Fucking disgusting...

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 months ago (1 children)

You have forgotten about the currency that Trump usually deals in, something called "quid pro quo."

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

Sure, but what's the quid?

Genuinely, they don't really seem to have much in common beyond being ideologically fascist, and if that's what it is, that's what should be discussed

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I think because Elon can let him run whatever he wants on Twitter unchecked (disinformation or whatever), and because Elon is all in on grifting crypto bros that Trump is hoping to pull in for their votes before they notice the con.

[–] andrew_bidlaw 3 points 2 months ago

Not only their votes, but also their tech. Musk has numerous working schemes to put up some new grifts like TrumpCoins to support Donald's shady businesses with these if they are not looked into - that he would guarantee. Elon looks like a guy who knows how to handle weird transactions, at least to him, and Twitter purchase showed that.