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Elon Musk’s frequent presence at Mar-a-Lago and his involvement in sensitive conversations have raised concerns among Trump’s longstanding advisers, who view Musk as overly assertive and self-promoting.

Musk’s push for influence, including voicing policy ideas and taking credit for Trump’s win, has raised concerns about his motives and loyalty.

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[–] [email protected] 58 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Oh please let Trump's first dictatorial move be to strip Elon of his wealth. We're all going to suffer some shit but let at least one oligarch stuffer too

[–] [email protected] 59 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

It can start by denaturalizing him since he lied on his immigration forms and was in the country illegally when he first came here. That's not even dictatorial, it's the letter of the law.

[–] [email protected] 32 points 2 weeks ago

"First they came for the Oligarchs and I did not speak out - because I was not an Oligarch, and really because wage inequality is the core problem facing our society so coming for the Oligarchs seemed like a pretty good idea to me."

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

And piss off all the all the billionaires? Not going to happen.

[–] Corkyskog 19 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

You do realize that all the billionaires don't have the same motives. A lot of billionaires would love to get rid of some of their peers.

[–] Imgonnatrythis 1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Would be next to impossible to wound the king billionaire without negatively affecting the others.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 weeks ago

Bezos might get a kick out of Elon and SpaceX getting their shirt kicked in a bit so Blue Origin or whatever can swoop in for those tasty government contracts

[–] [email protected] 12 points 2 weeks ago

It's not to piss them off, but to send a message. Just like Putin, he's going to put the screws to somebody wealthy to send the message "I did it to them, I can do it to you."