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

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13 points bookofjoe | 2 comments | 04 Jul 25 22:14 UTC | HN request time: 0.445s | source
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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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1. 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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2. 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.