Elon Musk backs down from $45 million a month pledge to Trump: ‘I don't subscribe to cult of personality’
fortune.com
But, Trump demonstrated “great courage” after being shot on July 13, the CEO added.
  • ghostdoggtv@lemmy.world
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    2 months ago

    Musk suddenly realized he’d rather have good time American dollars than wartime bonds from the new new Republic of Texas

  • macniel@feddit.org
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    2 months ago

    Uh and what has changed for the muskrat to suddenly grow a smidge of conscious? That trump may loose and he won’t be reimbursed by the orange president?

      • mostNONheinous@lemmy.worldEnglish
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        2 months ago

        Didn’t he just get like 50 some odd billion dollars handed to him like a week ago? 45 mil a month for 3-4 months is Pennie’s from that pile. But yeah he probably realizes the chances are low his investment will pay off now.

        • MagicShel@programming.dev
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          2 months ago

          Like everything else in that world it’s really ducking complicated. He didn’t get a check for $53 billion. He got penetration of a huge chunk of Tesla. First, I don’t know of he gets it all at once, but second, even if he does it takes something like 6 months before he’s allowed to sell it or use it as collateral due to being leadership at Tesla. Also the value is falling, so by the time he gets to sell it, it’ll be worth less than today.

          Also, I think this guy (or at least his companies) has monthly bills in the hundreds of millions between all his failing companies - boring company, starlink, Twitter. All of them are losing money. But what his personal finances look like I really can’t know.

          Caveat: this is my understanding pieced together from a bunch of sources I consider reliable, and upon which I relied for my earlier comment. I’m not an encyclopedia and could be wrong about some things.

    • Chainweasel@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      2 months ago

      There’s no smidge of conscience, this is merely self preservation after he became aware that he was drawing too much attention to it.

    • TransplantedSconie@lemm.ee
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      2 months ago

      Not Trump may lose. is going to lose.

      This is going to be seen as the political equivalent of the 2017 patriots 28-3 come from behind win against the Falcons. Momentum has shifted, women now have an actual woman to vote for, and whoever the VP pick is, will seal the deal.

      Border issue:

      Republicans killed a bill that would have fixed it

      Abortion and IDF:

      Republicans are against both things which 80% of America are for.

      Honest to goodness Nazi playbook in Project 2025:

      Who the fuck would vote for that shit if the democrats actively show the public what’s in it?

      Old as dirt candidate:

      That’s the Orange Shit-Stain on the right.

      • macniel@feddit.org
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        2 months ago

        Maybe the wrong word. I mean in the sense that Elon thought of getting something more out of his 45 mil a month to trump once the latter became again president.

    • reddig33@lemmy.world
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      2 months ago

      Maybe the Tesla board finally explained to him that Trump voters don’t buy their products.

    • baru@lemmy.world
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      2 months ago

      Uh and what has changed for the muskrat to suddenly grow a smidge of conscious?

      It’s best to really doubt what Musk says. Likely he’s still giving money but using weasel words to pretend he’s not because of the fallout.

      • MagicShel@programming.dev
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        2 months ago

        Yeah I had too many hilarious thoughts all trying to squeeze out of my brain at once and it was a traffic jam.

        Is Musk out of money? That’s hilarious. Did Trump just suffer a huge stinging loss in both money and PR? Yes. Are these hits coming faster than Trump can field them? Obviously! They haven’t even managed to deal with Kamala yet and now this.

        Trump is off balance and against the ropes right now just as the Dems has a massive infusion of money and energy and this is the best I’ve felt in months. It won’t last. They’ll find their messaging and start punching back, and the excitement of Kamala stepping up will be hard to sustain until November. But right now we are on top, Trump is scared and angry, and it feels great.

    • TheFriar@lemm.ee
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      2 months ago

      It’s not even true. He still has a superPAC for trump, and he didn’t actually deny the figure. He just said the original story wasn’t accurate that he’s donating it to trump. But to the superPAC. So the story hasn’t changed. This is all spin. And they just printed it.