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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: 0.512s | source
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palata ◴[04 Jul 25 23:02 UTC] No.44468668[source]▶
I don't like calling this "waking up". He fought for his own benefit before, and he fights for his own benefit now. He hasn't changed a thing.

The situation has changed, so from the outside it may seem like he switched side. But he didn't: he was always fighting for himself and himself only.

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1. Trasmatta ◴[05 Jul 25 00:09 UTC] No.44469060[source]▶
What he's waking up to is the fact that backing Trump was never actually going to be to his benefit in the end. Which was obvious to anyone actually paying attention, from the moment he jumped on the MAGA train.
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2. jqpabc123 ◴[05 Jul 25 12:21 UTC] No.44472292[source]▶
The same applies to most MAGA.

Let's deport the cheap labor growing our food and building our homes. At the same time, let's raise prices on cheap imported products.

Wonder who gets hurt the most by this?