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    'Elon has woken up': Musk battles to save Tesla from Trump

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    13 points bookofjoe | 12 comments | 04 Jul 25 22:14 UTC | HN request time: 0.547s | source | bottom
    1. Trasmatta ◴[04 Jul 25 22:16 UTC] No.44468342[source]▶
    Elon backing Trump in the 2024 election was one of the dumbest and most obvious own goals in history.
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    2. downrightmike ◴[04 Jul 25 22:18 UTC] No.44468356[source]▶
    Wait until we get to the part of this play where trump nationalizes companies for his personal gain.
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    3. toomuchtodo ◴[04 Jul 25 22:34 UTC] No.44468482[source]▶
    I’m kinda stoked to see what happens when the technocrats are in peril and how they respond to the authoritarian nationalists. Enemy of my enemy is my friend sort of deal.
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    4. pfdietz ◴[04 Jul 25 22:57 UTC] No.44468634[source]▶
    I wonder how much of it was because of his reaction to his daughter.
    5. xenospn ◴[04 Jul 25 23:11 UTC] No.44468724[source]▶
    The own goal was Trump winning. Elon just made the assist.
    6. xenospn ◴[04 Jul 25 23:11 UTC] No.44468729{3}[source]▶
    they’ll just back another nationalist. They’re not really short on them and they’re not going to run out anytime soon.
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    7. toomuchtodo ◴[04 Jul 25 23:16 UTC] No.44468757{4}[source]▶
    Indeed, but in the meantime, chaos that could lead to various forms of self destruction.
    8. infotainment ◴[04 Jul 25 23:28 UTC] No.44468828[source]▶
    Letting “DOGE” be the ones to cut spending was kinda a great play on Trump’s part — it effectively got Elon to take the heat for cuts Trump himself wanted.

    People are still talking about how “Elon” cut USAID, even though that was very clearly a Trump priority from the beginning.

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    9. TheAlchemist ◴[05 Jul 25 01:08 UTC] No.44469332[source]▶
    I think he choose the lesser of 2 evils (for him). As he stated himself, if Trump was not elected he was going to prison.

    I know it can be seen as a conspiracy theory now, but once the Tesla house of cards crumble, Enron will look relatively minor in comparison.

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    10. k310 ◴[05 Jul 25 01:51 UTC] No.44469508{3}[source]▶
    The technocrats probably felt that they were in peril when Joe Biden pushed or EO'ed regulation.

    I think they are in FAFO mode, learning how they were used and abandoned by Trump, like the people who sat out the election because of the (Gaza) peril they felt from Harris, aided by Russian bots bombarding social media, ignoring the blueprint that was circulated, called Project 2025, a profoundly anti-science and racist volume.

    I just read that the CT folks call Project 2025 a Democratic hoax, like pretty much everything else they want to distance themselves from.

    Very loud warnings were issued, and people ignored them in their emotional frenzy. Be careful what you wish for. You might get it, and get it, they did, big tech and supporters of what's left of Gaza.

    Think things through, people.

    11. archagon ◴[05 Jul 25 08:14 UTC] No.44471004[source]▶
    Prison for what? Just another lie to make Democrats look like the big bad.
    12. sillyfluke ◴[05 Jul 25 13:27 UTC] No.44472667[source]▶
    Elon handed that "play" to Trump on a silver platter, from the name to the nonstop blabber about "efficiency" leading up to the electoon to the soundbite about empathy being a bug of western civilization.

    >People are still talking about how Elon cut USAID

    Yes, people are talking about how Elon cut USAID. No one is talking about how Trump didn't want those cuts. I haven't heard anyone earnestly claim this.