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Former adviser taunts president over links to Epstein while Trump threatens to cancel contracts for Musk companies

Elon Musk called for Donald Trump to be impeached after mocking his connections to the convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, as the president threatened to cancel federal contracts and tax subsidies for Musk’s companies in an extraordinary social media feud on Thursday.

The deterioration of their once close relationship into bitter acrimony came over the course of several remarkable hours during which the president and the world’s richest man hurled deeply personal insults over matters significant and insignificant.

In the most churlish moment of the astonishing saga, Musk said on X the reason the Trump administration had not released the files into Epstein was because they implicated the president. He later quote-tweeted a post calling for Trump to be removed and said Trump’s tariffs would cause a recession.

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[–] EndOfLine@lemm.ee 160 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] MyOpinion@lemmy.today 96 points 1 day ago (4 children)

LOL yes let's impeach him again. We are stuck with this Orange Turd. Republicans have given us this turd and we can't flush him for 4 years.

[–] entwine413@lemm.ee 41 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Bold of you to assume we can get rid of him democratically.

[–] tomi000@lemmy.world 7 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I think they are implying the opposite

[–] 474D@lemmy.world 7 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I believe he is referring to the "4 years" part. Trump is not leaving this time even if he loses

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[–] OldManBOMBIN@lemmy.world 26 points 1 day ago (2 children)

You just gotta flush really hard. Say, approximately, 2,500ft/sec.

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[–] jballs@sh.itjust.works 69 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (3 children)

I hate to be a Debby Downer, but the headline is a bit sensationalist. This is how Elon "called for Donald Trump to be impeached":

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That's it. He wrote "Yes".

[–] Zagorath@aussie.zone 50 points 1 day ago (2 children)

I don't think that's sensationalist at all. It's a pretty direct and clear call for impeachment.

But I'd rather talk about that original Tweet. Obviously, Trump being impeached (and convicted by the Senate) would result in Vance replacing him; that's how it works. But the choice to specifically highlight the Vance part of it implies not just a desire for Trump to be gone, but for Vance specifically to be in. Which is wild. I can't imagine any human on earth actually being pro-Vance. There's the sane people, who oppose the entire administration, and there's the Magats who are rabidly pro-Trump. Who exactly supports Trump's diet lacky?

[–] spidermanchild@sh.itjust.works 20 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Vance represents the tech bro "libertatian" wing with Thiel and those ghouls. Musk fits right in.

[–] Ton@lemmy.world 16 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Vance was placed there with the objective to replace Trump eventually. These guys don't need Trump any more, but like the industrials underestimated Hitler when they put him into power, Thiel and co are probably underestimating Trump's shrewdness. He will burn everything down before he'll be put out of power.

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[–] ZagamTheVile@lemmy.world 20 points 1 day ago

But that doesn't bring in the clicks. And really, that's all we care about, right?

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[–] mcv@lemm.ee 62 points 1 day ago (4 children)

I think they're both right. The government should cut all ties with Musk's businesses, and Trump should be impeached. That way everybody wins.

[–] Wilco@lemm.ee 15 points 1 day ago

It hurts to agree with them doesn't it? Yet, it's so funny to watch them bite at each other.

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[–] riskable@programming.dev 52 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Everyone that works with Trump always regrets it eventually. Everyone.

[–] klu9@piefed.social 30 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

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"Oh, but he won't do that to me ."

[–] Evil_Shrubbery@lemm.ee 47 points 1 day ago (1 children)

... I was not expecting this many people to (so strongly) take sides in what is basically a kerfuffle between two mega villains.

(Og) Nazis had a lot of infighting too, still fascist mass murderers.

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[–] conditional_soup@lemm.ee 40 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Elon's going to lose this fight. All the other rich people backing Trump still think the snake won't bite them, and Elon doesn't have the same cult of personality Trump does. He had some good will for a while, but he's been burning that ever since the weird pedo guy thing, and that's nowhere near Trump's fucking cult energy. Forty years from now there's still going to be dumbasses and edgy teens talking about how they heard a rumor that Trump is still alive out there in the wastes that used to be middle America.

[–] Don_alForno@feddit.org 17 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Elon doesn't have the same cult of personality Trump does

He used to, but then he started associating with Trump.

[–] mcv@lemm.ee 15 points 1 day ago

It seems he wasn't aware that his cult following came from the other end of the political spectrum.

Well, not quite the other end, but environmentally inclined business friendly liberals are still not quite Trump's crowd.

[–] Regrettable_incident@lemmy.world 11 points 1 day ago (1 children)

He really used to - remember all the iron man shit? The image of the benevolent billionaire who was going to open up space? I'm ashamed to admit I was tempted to believe too.

He lost the positive public image before he started associating with trump tho. I think what happened was he fired his PR team because he thought he could do better himself. Right around the time he got pissy and was calling that cave diver a pedo, the guy who saved a bunch of kids in Thailand. It was all downhill from there and I don't remember ever seeing anyone piss away so much public goodwill so quickly.

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[–] Regrettable_incident@lemmy.world 39 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Wow they are arguably the most powerful people in the world and they are having a public squawky slappy fight like stroppy toddlers.

Meanwhile humanity is circling the drain. We are so fucked.

[–] Dozzi92@lemmy.world 16 points 1 day ago (3 children)

Fortunately, America has an affinity for reality TV, and so they're distracted from whatever else this is a distraction for. I just have a part of me that can't believe what's happening.

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[–] necrobius@lemmy.zip 29 points 1 day ago (2 children)

It was inevitable. Two egos as big as theirs cannot coexist in close proximity indefinitely.

[–] Allonzee@lemmy.world 31 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

I was a psychologist until I got burned out.

During those years, I observed something countless times that seems counter-intuitive but is in my anecdotal experience reliably true:

Narcissists tend to actually like each other, and seem to bond effortlessly. "you're the best thing ever? Holy shit, I'm the best thing ever! We're so amazing it's awesome!" type thing. It's fascinating.

That's why I'm not going to be played by this. Elon and Donald both have something significant to gain by pretending to "break up with" Each other, Elon trying to detoxify his brand especially internationally and Donald by proving he isn't Elon's bitchboy.

They might be legitimately warring in public, they might be playing the media and the people, there's really no way for outside parties to know at this time, and I wish people would pay more attention to the people Trump is hurting than this ultimately pointless real or not catfight. Invoking Epstein is low hanging fruit, as anyone who isn't in Trump's cult and paying any attention has been aware Trump is an Epstein pedo for years and years.

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[–] Reverendender@sh.itjust.works 24 points 1 day ago
[–] Vinstaal0@feddit.nl 23 points 1 day ago (4 children)

There is no denying it any more, the US is a very corrupt country

[–] bitwolf@sh.itjust.works 10 points 1 day ago

Everything is about money here and I hate it so much. But I can't find an exit.

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[–] BlameTheAntifa@lemmy.world 21 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Is there anything more Pride Month than Conservatives having to watch their two daddies fight?

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[–] 17jGuFCOn89iY@lemmy.world 21 points 1 day ago (2 children)

How long before trump declares that Elon isn’t hot anymore?

[–] aceshigh@lemmy.world 10 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Yes… and gets picked up by ICE and sent to El Salvador instead of Africa.

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[–] NigelFrobisher@aussie.zone 19 points 1 day ago (3 children)

But they did impeach him, Leon. Multiple times. The trouble is he just ignores it.

[–] Tja@programming.dev 7 points 1 day ago

He ignores it because 95% of Republicans don't care about crimes, just the party.

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[–] TrickDacy@lemmy.world 19 points 1 day ago

Can't wait to hear the Alex Jones mental gymnastics lol

[–] Xaphanos@lemmy.world 13 points 1 day ago

Now would be an optimal time for Putin to off one or both. Maximum chaos.

[–] L0rdMathias@sh.itjust.works 12 points 1 day ago

Buyer's Remorse

[–] SamHoppers@lemm.ee 12 points 1 day ago

Never could have seen this coming… two narcissists that only get along as long as they’re powdering each others butts.

[–] Dagwood222@lemm.ee 10 points 1 day ago

"[They] detested each other. Which makes sense, because they were both detestable."

Gen. Sir Harry Padgett Flashman, VC

[–] radiofreebc@lemmy.world 10 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (3 children)

JD Vance is VERY silent right now, so I'm thinking this could all just be fake, and that the tech bros (led by Peter Thiel) are using all this drama to get JD Vance into the Oval Office. I don't think this is a legit fight...I think this is all part of their long term plan.

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[–] Nocomment@reddthat.com 9 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I want to know what’s happening quietly while everybody’s all consumed with the ego drama.

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[–] Rooty@lemmy.world 9 points 1 day ago (1 children)

At this point Trump running interference and cockblocking Thiel and his billionare creeper squad from re-enacting the Business plot would be the best ( and funniest ) result.

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[–] magnetosphere@fedia.io 9 points 1 day ago

Hahaha love it!

[–] BrianTheeBiscuiteer@lemmy.world 9 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Musk needs to put his money where his mouth is, otherwise this is just a long-con IMO.

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[–] tomi000@lemmy.world 9 points 1 day ago (1 children)

It would be hilarious if this escalates to Elmo getting deported xD

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[–] UltraMagnus0001@lemmy.world 8 points 1 day ago

He's trying to distance himself because his company is burning and is using the media. Musk's playbook is to attention and boost himself like posting about dogecoin. Musk is using the media, but his Nazi views hasn't changed.

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