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MSNBC just reported that Musk has tweeted that (Original Post) EarlG Jun 2025 OP
Just Came Across Bluesky As Well... MayReasonRule Jun 2025 #1
Wow, this feud has gone nuclear Mysterian Jun 2025 #29
Fascists Are Ouroboros MayReasonRule Jun 2025 #34
I thought this feud was BS, but B.See Jun 2025 #70
Who knew this week would be so much fun? Biophilic Jun 2025 #2
With minors?............. Lovie777 Jun 2025 #3
Or with miners, that would be fine with me. LastDemocratInSC Jun 2025 #58
He's surrounded by gold diggers so... Dave Bowman Jun 2025 #79
Well, Musk still has Big Balls on the inside, so release the hounds! Vinca Jun 2025 #4
Following closely on trump's threat to end musk's government senseandsensibility Jun 2025 #5
Gonna be fun watching this accusation play out. Silent Type Jun 2025 #6
Let the games begin! sheshe2 Jun 2025 #7
Brought you some butter 'n' salt for all that 🍿 Hekate Jun 2025 #25
Thank you! sheshe2 Jun 2025 #32
I'm not sure COL Mustard Jun 2025 #63
He is. We all know it. MAGA knows it. 617Blue Jun 2025 #8
Yeah, no surprise there...nt Wounded Bear Jun 2025 #9
Yeah, they are little bit late to the party, aren't they? mwmisses4289 Jun 2025 #57
Any perverted videos of trDUMP making nookie,... magicarpet Jun 2025 #66
No sh*t? Johnny2X2X Jun 2025 #10
If e skum (N-ZA) threatens dweller Jun 2025 #11
Who didn't know or surmise that he was. Srkdqltr Jun 2025 #12
I doubt Trump cultists will care SocialDemocrat61 Jun 2025 #13
RELEASE THE EPSTEIN FILES!!!!!!!!!!!!! WarGamer Jun 2025 #14
It'll be difficult if not impossible for the media to ignore this. Torchlight Jun 2025 #15
the media has protected him from Esptein allegations up till now though cadoman Jun 2025 #96
I don't think that is news to most people. nt doc03 Jun 2025 #16
I wouldn't be surprised if it's true, of course EarlG Jun 2025 #18
Clash of the Titans - Republican shit-style! calimary Jun 2025 #35
Musk wants the MAGA stank off him before he gets fired by Tesla board uponit7771 Jun 2025 #46
The most appropriate use of "stank" ever LearnedHand Jun 2025 #56
If all Elon has is the Epstein files FrankBooth Jun 2025 #17
The details are perhaps not important EarlG Jun 2025 #19
Maybe Elon actually has the Epstein Files? Pachamama Jun 2025 #51
Hmmm, Enron won't be with us long if that's really true uponit7771 Jun 2025 #90
And woe to the 20-year old DOGE Bro who found the files for him... GopherGal Jun 2025 #95
An alternative possibility: Mike Niendorff Jun 2025 #101
These are all the same thoughts of possibilities I have been having too Pachamama Jun 2025 #105
Yummy vapor2 Jun 2025 #113
Hardcore MAFATs perhaps orangecrush Jun 2025 #106
K&R spanone Jun 2025 #20
And there's gambling going on in Nevada!! tavernier Jun 2025 #21
Release the Kraken! Hekate Jun 2025 #22
Okay, Ketamine Boy, answer me this: Buns_of_Fire Jun 2025 #23
I felt something -- unusual. A spark of joy. Geez, a spark of joy... Hekate Jun 2025 #24
The DOGE kids found the files.. Peacetrain Jun 2025 #26
Ooooh there's a thought Hekate Jun 2025 #36
Tell us more, musk.. Cha Jun 2025 #47
Tonights social media meltdowns should be exciting Peacetrain Jun 2025 #62
The two Fascist Socials Cha Jun 2025 #77
Keep tuned in... I think this is just the beginning of a full out war Peacetrain Jun 2025 #64
Of course he is in the Epstein files johnnyfins Jun 2025 #27
Except that the donald has been uncharacteristically quiet lately. calimary Jun 2025 #37
This is really getting good. Not being a deep thinker, Trump didn't realize eLoon has got the dirt. flashman13 Jun 2025 #28
love watching pigs roll around in the mud RANDYWILDMAN Jun 2025 #30
I'm thoroughly enjoying this! greatauntoftriplets Jun 2025 #31
Well, we already know Trumpy is not only an ejaculating mess, but he is also a rapist. A fraud... PatrickforB Jun 2025 #33
Wonder if fox will get right on that? Cha Jun 2025 #38
Pretending this is new news? questionseverything Jun 2025 #39
You do what resonates Keepthesoulalive Jun 2025 #49
I'm not- I'm waiting for the details to vanlassie Jun 2025 #50
And I thought MY divorce was messy. generalbetrayus Jun 2025 #40
well, knock me over with a puff from a cold gas thruster. paulkienitz Jun 2025 #41
Well of course he is. But is there something else going on? TBF Jun 2025 #42
Seriously, that is very old news. Tootbsb Jun 2025 #43
It's not old news that Elon Musk has accused Trump of being in the Epstein files EarlG Jun 2025 #45
The fact he's there and a known rapist. Tootbsb Jun 2025 #48
Yes, understood EarlG Jun 2025 #65
It sure is. Just decades old. Tootbsb Jun 2025 #68
And Musk is quietly suggesting that someone might release the Epstein files FakeNoose Jun 2025 #89
NOPE Skittles Jun 2025 #103
The magats don't give a shit mdbl Jun 2025 #44
They strut around like peacocks Keepthesoulalive Jun 2025 #53
It looks like the boyfriends are having a spat. NNadir Jun 2025 #52
I feel like I'm one of those hapless folks trapped... BluenFLA Jun 2025 #54
Godzilla and Rodan were better people. n/t. NNadir Jun 2025 #69
Top 30 Greatest Giant Movie Monster Fights of All Time Celerity Jun 2025 #112
No Dukey, Sherlock. biocube Jun 2025 #55
That was Leon's shot over the bow. Buddyzbuddy Jun 2025 #59
NSS. Not like we have not known this for years. We all saw the photos. niyad Jun 2025 #60
I only hope they both have enough drugs to fight to the bitter end rurallib Jun 2025 #61
I'm just going to enjoy the moment. I deserve it. WE deserve it. 2MuchNoise Jun 2025 #67
Pop-corn! thought crime Jun 2025 #104
Wondering if Trump had Epstein killed. Emile Jun 2025 #71
Of course he did. spinbaby Jun 2025 #81
There were plenty of others who could mwmisses4289 Jun 2025 #98
Cheers! Skoll! Cin-Cin! no_hypocrisy Jun 2025 #72
They're eating the DOGE! They're eating the ketamine! Ptah Jun 2025 #73
Woulda been great for Plouffe to mention during the '24 campaign. Kid Berwyn Jun 2025 #74
Bannon sticks his oar in, calling Musk an illegal alien muriel_volestrangler Jun 2025 #75
OOH Skittles Jun 2025 #76
Prove it, Elon. Iggo Jun 2025 #78
While we already knew that he is, how is it that Musk knows? How did he find this out? Ford_Prefect Jun 2025 #80
He was probably there too! Jilly_in_VA Jun 2025 #82
How soon until Elon is picked up by ICE? JoseBalow Jun 2025 #83
Just like announcing the sun will rise tomorrow, we already know the obvious. nt ImNotGod Jun 2025 #84
Two bratty kids at each-other's throat, the idiots will tattle like crazy and it will be fascinating to watch. Dave Bowman Jun 2025 #85
I'm too lazy to run out to buy the popcorn at this hour. GopherGal Jun 2025 #94
Yeah, they're both nasty parasites. All they do is take and take. Must suck to be such self centered heartless idiots. Dave Bowman Jun 2025 #99
Wasn't Bondi involved in protecting Epstein et al poli-junkie Jun 2025 #86
Maddow Blog-Trump floats terminating Elon Musk's government contracts in rapidly escalating feud LetMyPeopleVote Jun 2025 #87
Will it affect "The Big Beautiful Bill"? The Butler Jun 2025 #88
Prolly, all Enron wants is the tax au subsidies back uponit7771 Jun 2025 #91
trump was proclaimed a rapist in a civil trial. Still got elected. mucifer Jun 2025 #92
Release the Epstein files. All of them. k_buddy762 Jun 2025 #93
Oh will these two just drop their draws to see who is bigger. Jacson6 Jun 2025 #97
Will it make any difference? donheld Jun 2025 #100
Even if Trump was the one who pulled the noose tight around Epstein's neck DFW Jun 2025 #102
Karoline Leavitt blaming the accusations on Elon's drug use in three...two...one... ECL213 Jun 2025 #107
I have only one word to say about this ... aggiesal Jun 2025 #108
But I don't want to see them. Marcuse Jun 2025 #109
Who is surprised? evolves Jun 2025 #110
Duh! pazzyanne Jun 2025 #111
Dis gonna be good! Initech Jun 2025 #114

MayReasonRule

(4,011 posts)
1. Just Came Across Bluesky As Well...
Thu Jun 5, 2025, 02:16 PM
Jun 2025

Elon Musk: Trump is in the Epstein files. That is the real reason they have not been made public. Have a nice day, DJT!

24Hours Ukraine (@24hoursukraine.bsky.social) 2025-06-05T19:14:27.524Z

B.See

(7,762 posts)
70. I thought this feud was BS, but
Thu Jun 5, 2025, 04:41 PM
Jun 2025

it's beginning to look pretty real.

NOT that the Trump/Epstein news is any surprise to me. I've seen the photos and videos of the two being quite chummy.

And there's that person who claimed Trump raped her at age 13 (if I recall), but who's since disappeared.

yes donald trump was accused of raping a 13 year old

So, no surprise there.

(Though I'd suspect MAGA would no doubt give Trump a free pass, regardless. They'll whip out some 'to forgive is divine' bs.)

senseandsensibility

(24,245 posts)
5. Following closely on trump's threat to end musk's government
Thu Jun 5, 2025, 02:18 PM
Jun 2025

contracts. I know I said this stupid squabble bores me on another thread, but the depths they've sunk to in an hour or two is amazing.

magicarpet

(18,457 posts)
66. Any perverted videos of trDUMP making nookie,...
Thu Jun 5, 2025, 04:22 PM
Jun 2025

..... with a ten year old he got all hopped up on cocaine ? Then trDUMP/Epstein made a commercial grade porn flick of them romping in the hay ?

Oh well,... the MAGA base would just say djt likes young virgins without STDs,... can you blame him. He is a germaphobe.

Besides boys will be boys.

Johnny2X2X

(23,681 posts)
10. No sh*t?
Thu Jun 5, 2025, 02:27 PM
Jun 2025

Of course he is, Trump and Epstein were best friends for over a decade.

But this feud is going to b fun now.

dweller

(27,835 posts)
11. If e skum (N-ZA) threatens
Thu Jun 5, 2025, 02:28 PM
Jun 2025

To release the real reason Pisswig won 2024 , I expect America ends by midnight …


✌🏻

Torchlight

(6,310 posts)
15. It'll be difficult if not impossible for the media to ignore this.
Thu Jun 5, 2025, 03:11 PM
Jun 2025

Musk has Twitter, and Mr. trump has Fox. The other outlets will have to jump on this or be left out in the ratings cold during the juiciest divorce trial of the century.

Mild temps forecast and now this... it's looking to be a pretty sweet weekend!

 

cadoman

(1,617 posts)
96. the media has protected him from Esptein allegations up till now though
Thu Jun 5, 2025, 10:09 PM
Jun 2025

What motive would they have to stop?

Elon has a motive now to reveal the truth, but X is domiciled in the US--Drumpf could still stop him if he publishes the info...

EarlG

(23,346 posts)
18. I wouldn't be surprised if it's true, of course
Thu Jun 5, 2025, 03:17 PM
Jun 2025

But I think the bigger story is that Musk and Trump are going at it like this on social media right now. Politically speaking, this seems like a genuine earthquake.

uponit7771

(93,491 posts)
46. Musk wants the MAGA stank off him before he gets fired by Tesla board
Thu Jun 5, 2025, 04:10 PM
Jun 2025

Don't think it's going to work, Enron level MAGA stank is forever

FrankBooth

(1,846 posts)
17. If all Elon has is the Epstein files
Thu Jun 5, 2025, 03:14 PM
Jun 2025

Then he has nothing and will be eaten alive by the Magats. It would not be possible for your garden variety Magat to care any less about the Epstein files if they make Trump look bad.

EarlG

(23,346 posts)
19. The details are perhaps not important
Thu Jun 5, 2025, 03:20 PM
Jun 2025

The social media warfare that Trump and Musk are engaged in right now is hopefully going to damage at least one of them, and I don't really mind which of them gets it worst, to be honest.

GopherGal

(2,788 posts)
95. And woe to the 20-year old DOGE Bro who found the files for him...
Thu Jun 5, 2025, 10:06 PM
Jun 2025

Then again, can't mourn too long for any DOGE bro who faces the consequences of his actions...

Mike Niendorff

(3,637 posts)
101. An alternative possibility:
Fri Jun 6, 2025, 02:51 AM
Jun 2025

There are reports that Anonymous is doing a big "countdown" to a major "release", set to drop right at the beginning of July.

If that's related to the Epstein files (ie: perhaps Anonymous got ahold of them in uncensored form), then maybe that's an element that might be playing out behind the scenes here (???).

I honestly have no idea what to believe yet, but something is definitely going on.

Hell, maybe giving "God-level" access to DOGE ended up giving the DOGE-hackers access to all this info on Trump, too (???).

So many possiblities ...


MDN

Pachamama

(17,540 posts)
105. These are all the same thoughts of possibilities I have been having too
Fri Jun 6, 2025, 07:27 AM
Jun 2025

The God - level DOGE access - Anonymous Drop and much more.

I think as much as I am humored by all this - it’s also terrifying to know that one has the nuclear codes and the other data and info and satellites.

I also think that Elon is paranoid enough and has so much security that he knows to have built a failsafe and even to have let Trump know that if something happens to him - everything gets released.

tavernier

(14,265 posts)
21. And there's gambling going on in Nevada!!
Thu Jun 5, 2025, 03:23 PM
Jun 2025

Wonder how long before he discovers that Rump was tried and convicted.

Buns_of_Fire

(19,005 posts)
23. Okay, Ketamine Boy, answer me this:
Thu Jun 5, 2025, 03:32 PM
Jun 2025

If Krasnov is the gilded sewer rat we know he is anyway, why did you drop $250 million to get such a person elected president of the country you supposedly luuuuuuuv so much? Hmmm?

Don't bother, I know the answer. It was strictly business, nothing personal.

Hekate

(100,132 posts)
24. I felt something -- unusual. A spark of joy. Geez, a spark of joy...
Thu Jun 5, 2025, 03:35 PM
Jun 2025

It may not last beyond today. But — I don’t think I’ve felt this spark since Nixon started to go down.

Peacetrain

(24,279 posts)
62. Tonights social media meltdowns should be exciting
Thu Jun 5, 2025, 04:18 PM
Jun 2025

Trump on Truth Social and Musk on X... makes you wander what will be left in the morning when those two get done

Cha

(316,722 posts)
77. The two Fascist Socials
Thu Jun 5, 2025, 05:00 PM
Jun 2025

Blowing up on each other for the World

Hope this Ends Badly for Mump and Good for the Planet 🕯️🕊️💜🌈🌊🍀

johnnyfins

(3,434 posts)
27. Of course he is in the Epstein files
Thu Jun 5, 2025, 03:43 PM
Jun 2025

We have already seen the flight logs. What is Elon up to? I just dont believe him.

If this is as bad as it seems, TSF would be all over Troth Senchel trashing Elon.

Still not buying the bs.

calimary

(89,034 posts)
37. Except that the donald has been uncharacteristically quiet lately.
Thu Jun 5, 2025, 03:58 PM
Jun 2025

He’s usually such an attention hog, online AND off.

flashman13

(2,016 posts)
28. This is really getting good. Not being a deep thinker, Trump didn't realize eLoon has got the dirt.
Thu Jun 5, 2025, 03:43 PM
Jun 2025

PatrickforB

(15,340 posts)
33. Well, we already know Trumpy is not only an ejaculating mess, but he is also a rapist. A fraud...
Thu Jun 5, 2025, 03:54 PM
Jun 2025

An utter failure as a man.

Musk not much better.

Cha

(316,722 posts)
38. Wonder if fox will get right on that?
Thu Jun 5, 2025, 03:59 PM
Jun 2025

Of course he is... Does this mean the bromance is Over?

questionseverything

(11,543 posts)
39. Pretending this is new news?
Thu Jun 5, 2025, 04:00 PM
Jun 2025

Musk said, trump wouldn’t of won the election w/o him

Said the repubs wouldn’t have won the house and very specifically says they would only have 51 repub senators

But that you ignore

🧐

Keepthesoulalive

(2,119 posts)
49. You do what resonates
Thu Jun 5, 2025, 04:10 PM
Jun 2025

Being accused of messing around with underage girls and hiding it will make some magats stay home. This is war and you do what works. TACO

generalbetrayus

(1,498 posts)
40. And I thought MY divorce was messy.
Thu Jun 5, 2025, 04:06 PM
Jun 2025

But then there were only three kids involved in my divorce, not 19.

TBF

(35,628 posts)
42. Well of course he is. But is there something else going on?
Thu Jun 5, 2025, 04:07 PM
Jun 2025

I guess these 2 could be big enough idiots to go after each other - but I'm really worried that more is going on. Maybe Putin? Is he going after Ukraine w/more serious weapons? Whenever Trump starts acting out, I'm wondering what's really going on.

EarlG

(23,346 posts)
45. It's not old news that Elon Musk has accused Trump of being in the Epstein files
Thu Jun 5, 2025, 04:08 PM
Jun 2025

That's brand new news as of this afternoon.

 

Tootbsb

(142 posts)
48. The fact he's there and a known rapist.
Thu Jun 5, 2025, 04:10 PM
Jun 2025

But it’s comical to see people act like they didn’t know.

EarlG

(23,346 posts)
65. Yes, understood
Thu Jun 5, 2025, 04:20 PM
Jun 2025

Whether Trump is in the Epstein files or not isn't the issue at hand. It's the fact that the richest man in the world has just publicly accused the President of the United States (his former buddy) of being a pedophile. That's the news.

FakeNoose

(40,161 posts)
89. And Musk is quietly suggesting that someone might release the Epstein files
Thu Jun 5, 2025, 05:36 PM
Jun 2025

It sounds almost like a backhanded threat, don't you think?

If Musk was or is currently in touch with Putin (as we suspect he is) then maybe Pooty gave Musk the dirt to use against Chump? Hmmm....

Skittles

(169,516 posts)
103. NOPE
Fri Jun 6, 2025, 03:08 AM
Jun 2025

most Trump humping assholes really don't think their savior is a fucking PEDOPHILE

Keepthesoulalive

(2,119 posts)
53. They strut around like peacocks
Thu Jun 5, 2025, 04:14 PM
Jun 2025

They don’t like being associated with a loser, he promised to release those files and now they know why they will never be released. His invincibility is being stripped away and I don’t care who does it.

BluenFLA

(219 posts)
54. I feel like I'm one of those hapless folks trapped...
Thu Jun 5, 2025, 04:15 PM
Jun 2025

Watching 2 giant monsters fighting it out !

Buddyzbuddy

(2,115 posts)
59. That was Leon's shot over the bow.
Thu Jun 5, 2025, 04:16 PM
Jun 2025

Leon had access to much information and means to download, did you think he didn't?

His thing is money and power and dopey thought he just liked him.
Leon is letting him know not to come after him.
The Felon thinks he's Putin and will want to take Leon's riches but Leon just let him know, don't even think about pushing me out of a window.
I think this is going to be fun. Fatman and Rat face Miller vs Leon. Heh,heh,heh.

rurallib

(64,550 posts)
61. I only hope they both have enough drugs to fight to the bitter end
Thu Jun 5, 2025, 04:17 PM
Jun 2025

could take a lot of ketamine, aderall, cocaine and whatever. Let's hope they both stay out of their minds enough to really let lose.

We need them in prime fighting shape with their fee fees really hurt.

mwmisses4289

(3,221 posts)
98. There were plenty of others who could
Thu Jun 5, 2025, 10:15 PM
Jun 2025

also have had epstein murdered for the same reasons. T might have had the strongest motive, but he wasn't the only one.

Ptah

(33,995 posts)
73. They're eating the DOGE! They're eating the ketamine!
Thu Jun 5, 2025, 04:49 PM
Jun 2025

They're eating the DOGE! They're eating the ketamine!

Kid Berwyn

(22,927 posts)
74. Woulda been great for Plouffe to mention during the '24 campaign.
Thu Jun 5, 2025, 04:49 PM
Jun 2025




The ‘Epstein-Barr’ Problem of New York City’s Dalton School

JERRY LAMBE
July 13th, 2019, 10:50 am

Excerpt...

Epstein, who was charged last week by federal authorities in the Southern District of New York with sex trafficking with sex-trafficking and conspiracy to commit sex-trafficking, was a 20 year old college drop-out when he was hired to teach at Dalton by the school’s headmaster Donald Barr in the mid 1970’s. Donald Barr was the father of current United States Attorney General William Barr, who is currently overseeing Epstein’s prosecution.

According to at least one former student, Dalton alums have long joked about Barr’s hiring of Epstein..

“The joke has been [that] this is the Epstein-Barr problem at Dalton, said Harry Segal, a 1974 graduate who is now a senior lecturer at Cornell University and Weill Cornell Medical College, in an interview with the Huffington Post. Epstein-Barr is a type of herpes virus best known as the cause of infectious mononucleosis.

Scott Spizer, who graduated in 1976, said that Epstein was most remembered for his “persistent attention” on teenage girls in the hallways, recalled a night when the young educator showed up at a party where Dalton students were drinking.

“I can remember thinking at the time, ‘This is wrong,’” Spizer said in an interview with the New York Times.

Continues...

https://lawandcrime.com/high-profile/the-epstein-barr-problem-of-new-york-citys-dalton-school/



Better late than never, I guess.

muriel_volestrangler

(105,557 posts)
75. Bannon sticks his oar in, calling Musk an illegal alien
Thu Jun 5, 2025, 04:55 PM
Jun 2025
In an interview with the New York Times, Steve Bannon, a longtime Donald Trump ally and Elon Musk critic, said about the tech billionaire:

They should initiate a formal investigation of his immigration status because I am of the strong belief that he is an illegal alien, and he should be deported from the country immediately.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/live/2025/jun/05/donald-trump-travel-ban-elon-musk-joe-biden-friedrich-merz-us-politics-live-news-updates?CMP=share_btn_url&page=with%3Ablock-684210358f088672b8b66174#block-684210358f088672b8b66174

Heartbreaking: The Worst Person You Know Just Made A Great Point

Ford_Prefect

(8,506 posts)
80. While we already knew that he is, how is it that Musk knows? How did he find this out?
Thu Jun 5, 2025, 05:02 PM
Jun 2025

What do you think his integrated AI Master Control Program will do when he has access to all of your information????

Dave Bowman

(6,636 posts)
85. Two bratty kids at each-other's throat, the idiots will tattle like crazy and it will be fascinating to watch.
Thu Jun 5, 2025, 05:08 PM
Jun 2025

GopherGal

(2,788 posts)
94. I'm too lazy to run out to buy the popcorn at this hour.
Thu Jun 5, 2025, 10:02 PM
Jun 2025

I'll have to wait until tomorrow. Will go add it to the grocery list, though.

In the mean time, I'm not gonna lose too much sleep choosing sides here. They're both thoroughly despicable husks of humanity.

Dave Bowman

(6,636 posts)
99. Yeah, they're both nasty parasites. All they do is take and take. Must suck to be such self centered heartless idiots.
Thu Jun 5, 2025, 11:34 PM
Jun 2025

poli-junkie

(1,484 posts)
86. Wasn't Bondi involved in protecting Epstein et al
Thu Jun 5, 2025, 05:10 PM
Jun 2025

as attorney in Florida? It would be awesome if Elon outs Bondi as well 🤩

LetMyPeopleVote

(174,901 posts)
87. Maddow Blog-Trump floats terminating Elon Musk's government contracts in rapidly escalating feud
Thu Jun 5, 2025, 05:12 PM
Jun 2025

Last edited Fri Jun 6, 2025, 07:50 AM - Edit history (1)

“Elon and I had a great relationship,” the president said, referring to his former DOGE chief and campaign donor. “I don’t know if we will anymore.”

Just a few days ago, Trump and Musk were pals. The president sang the praises of his megadonor and handed the billionaire a golden key emblazoned with the White House insignia.

A lot can happen in a few days. www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddo...

Steve Benen (@stevebenen.com) 2025-06-05T19:39:31.179Z

https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/elon-musk-trump-derangement-syndrome-rcna211232

In a pair of items published to his social media platform on Thursday afternoon, Trump wrote:

Elon was ‘wearing thin,’ I asked him to leave, I took away his EV Mandate that forced everyone to buy Electric Cars that nobody else wanted (that he knew for months I was going to do!), and he just went CRAZY! The easiest way to save money in our Budget, Billions and Billions of Dollars, is to terminate Elon’s Governmental Subsidies and Contracts. I was always surprised that Biden didn’t do it!


It was, to be sure, a serious escalation. NBC News reported, “Various estimates have been put forward on just how much Musk’s firms, primarily SpaceX and Tesla, benefit from U.S. government contracts and subsidies. The Washington Post has put the figure at $38 billion, with SpaceX President and COO Gwynne Shotwell estimating that company alone benefits from about $22 billion in federal spending. Reuters has reported that the true figure is classified due to the nature of many of the contracts Musk’s firms are under.”

Less than an hour later, the GOP megadonor responded with a remarkable rhetorical volley. “Time to drop the really big bomb: [Trump] is in the Epstein files,” Musk wrote on his own platform, X. “That is the real reason they have not been made public." Referencing the president's initials, he added, "Have a nice day, DJT!”.....

That paved the way for the pièce de résistance: the president suggesting that his former DOGE chief is suffering from “Trump derangement syndrome.”
https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:4llrhdclvdlmmynkwsmg5tdc/post/3lqupivusue2v


“Elon and I had a great relationship,” the Republican concluded. “I don’t know if we will anymore.”....

There's no word yet on whether the president will ask for his golden key back.


The Butler

(41 posts)
88. Will it affect "The Big Beautiful Bill"?
Thu Jun 5, 2025, 05:35 PM
Jun 2025

Maybe there are a few Republican Senators that will grow a pair and flip on the passage of the bill. The Magats do not care.

donheld

(21,330 posts)
100. Will it make any difference?
Fri Jun 6, 2025, 12:25 AM
Jun 2025

tRump is a 34x convicted felon already. He's a known insurrectionist. He's very likely a traitor. Still nobody will do anything to stop him.

DFW

(59,729 posts)
102. Even if Trump was the one who pulled the noose tight around Epstein's neck
Fri Jun 6, 2025, 03:04 AM
Jun 2025

There is no way Bondi would investigate it, even if she had a HD video of the whole event.

Maybe she has some hidden ace up her sleeve that guarantees that she will not end up like John Mitchell. I fervently hope that she does not. Compared to her, William Barr was a choir boy.

ECL213

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107. Karoline Leavitt blaming the accusations on Elon's drug use in three...two...one...
Fri Jun 6, 2025, 07:58 AM
Jun 2025

I hope someone in the worthless press pool follows up with, "So, the Administration gave someone with a known drug problem access to some of American's most sensitive data?"

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